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 Early Settlement, 
 liater Conditions. 
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 Biographical Sketches. 
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 An Historical Sketch of Littleton. Its Rise and Development. The Men Who M;ide and Are Making Its History. Compiled by J. H. Walbridge. 
 
 Vol. 31. 
 
 Littleton, N. H., Friday, Decemuer 24, 1897. 
 
 No. 16. 
 
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 ISTORICAL INTRODUCTION. 
 
 The town is the natural unit of Xew 
 England political institutions. No- 
 where else on this planet is the idea of 
 pure democracy, of government of the 
 people, for the people and bj' the peo- 
 ple, so fully realized and attained, hence 
 the study of the origin and formation 
 of those institutions logically begins in 
 the history of the town. Here we can 
 best trace the 
 formative influ- 
 ences of heredi- 
 ty, and of social 
 and physical en- 
 vironment ti>at, 
 in the course of 
 time, have crys- I 
 talized into char- j 
 acter, a character 
 at once so per- 
 vasive and com- 
 municative that 
 it has leavened 
 the whole mass 
 of alien and com- 
 posite citizenship 
 and shaped and 
 dominated the 
 destinies of the 
 nation. The gaze 
 of the typical 
 A m eric a_n i s 
 steadily forward. 
 
 His mood is that of forecast ratli- 
 er than retrospect, and his motto 
 is "Time past is gone for ages beyond 
 recall ; the future is not mine and may 
 not be ; the living present is the time 
 for me." It is a busy and fast age, and 
 yet our fast express trains sometimes 
 stop "thirty minutes for refreshments." 
 Perhaps from the historic part of Lit- 
 tleton we can ga.in some lessons that 
 will help us in the tasks of the present, 
 
 and enable us to reach our future goal 
 more surely. We propose to write a 
 sketch of the town of Littleton, as com- 
 plete as the limits of time and space 
 will permit, and as faithful and realis- 
 tic as our limited opportunities and 
 ability can furnish. We shall not hunt 
 for missing links of microscopic size, 
 nor trace family genealogy through sev- 
 en generations. The business man and 
 the student of today are busy men, not 
 
 the progress of the town. A town is 
 largely the product of its citizens, and 
 in representing the Littleton of today 
 we shall present snap-shot sketches of 
 representative men in all the various 
 walks of life. 
 
 THE FIRST TOWN BUILDING-From nn Old Dr.i\vinK. 
 
 antiquarians, and liave not the time to 
 dissect the mass of immaterial facts of 
 early biography and history, but may 
 be interested in the salient and outline 
 features, freshly presented in the col- 
 umns of their favorite ])a])er. Such an 
 article, while not aspiring to the dig- 
 nity and completeness of the forth- 
 coming town history of Littleton, may 
 yet contain many representative facts 
 that serve to illustrate the times, and 
 
 CARLY SETTLEMENT. 
 
 One of the most essential requisites 
 to the prosperity of early settlers is a 
 clear title and 
 undisturbed pos- 
 session of their 
 lands. The ear- 
 ly pioneers of 
 t Littleton did not 
 possess this as- 
 surance. The 
 land which form- 
 ed the present 
 town, like near- 
 ly all the north- 
 ern New Hamp- 
 shire and Ver- 
 mont towns, was 
 originally grant- 
 ed by Governor 
 Benning Went- 
 worth, of New 
 Hampshire, un- 
 der authorltj' of 
 KingGeorge III, 
 and subject to 
 very interesting 
 and important conditions, non-compli- 
 ance with which resulted, by the terms 
 of the charter, in the forfeiture of the 
 land and reversion to the crown. The 
 history of this great real estate enter- 
 prise, which involved momentous pol- 
 itical interests and the destiny of states, 
 has never been adequately written. It 
 was the policy of King George and his 
 ministers, in connection with their sys- 
 tem of colonial taxation, to adopt a 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 general i)lan of laml donation to actual 
 settlers, which would disperse the rath- 
 er rebellious citizens of the large towns 
 of the older settlements, and at the 
 same time attach them to the throne 
 by ties of gratitude and self interest. 
 Governor Wentworth was the favored 
 agent to conduct that fruitful scheme, 
 and that thrifty patriot, realizing that 
 "charity begins at home" reserved for 
 liiinself five hundred acres bordering 
 on the Connecticut in each of the river 
 townships, besides certain cash perqui- 
 sites and ample allowances for his 
 
 tains, ponds and rivers, but many of 
 them, in fact, exceeded these limits. 
 The fiist towns granted in this section 
 were Haverhill, N. H., and Newbury, 
 Vt., in 17(;i, known as the Lower 
 Cohos, ("Cohos" was the Indian word 
 for crooked, and referred to the course 
 of the river at the Ox Bow Meadows). 
 Chiswick was granted to James Avery, 
 of Connecticut, and his associates, Jan- 
 uary 31, 1767. TJie conditions of the 
 original charter are of historic interest. 
 One provision was that as soon as fifty 
 families slidiild be I'csident and settled 
 
 the royal navy be preserved ; that a 
 tract of land in the center of the town- 
 ship be reserved and marked out for 
 town lots, each grantee to have one of 
 one acre in size. One ear of corn 
 and one shilling for each one hundred 
 acres of land were to be paid on the 
 '25th of each December as rent by the 
 gi-antees, but these, like other terms of 
 the grant, were not lived up to, and the 
 charter of Chiswick was declared for- 
 feited for non-settlement. Benning 
 Wentworth was succeeded as govei'nor 
 by his ncpliew, Joliti W. WentWDrlli, 
 
 aa II 
 
 BBHI 
 
 friends. The township of Chiswick, 
 as it was then called, was a sort of 
 " Hobson's choice," a tract of land 
 sandwiched in between earlier and 
 more favored townships above, and be- 
 low, and containing a large proportion 
 of broken and stony ground covered 
 with a dense growth of pine, it was re- 
 garded with disfavor. These town- 
 ships were six miles square, containing 
 23,000 acres, with an allowance of 106<i 
 acres free, for highwaj's and lands un- 
 improvable because of rocks, nioun- 
 
 MAIN STRKET. LOOKING EAST 
 
 in town, they should have the piivilege 
 of holding two fairs each year, also that 
 "a market may be opened and kept 
 open one or more days in each week, 
 as may be thought most advantageous 
 to the inh.abitants." These privileges 
 were incontinently slighted, but others 
 not expressed in the charter were util- 
 ized. The charter demanded that each 
 grantee jdant and cultivate, within five 
 years, five acres for every fifty con- 
 tained in his share, on penalty of for- 
 feiture ; that all trees fit for masting 
 
 who was not reluctiuit to grant requests 
 for a new charter, more ready, perhaps, 
 because of the liberal fees attached. 
 Col. Moses Little, of Newbury; Gen. 
 Israel Morey, of Orford, and Alexander 
 Pheli)s purchased of John Avery, the 
 princijial grantee under the Cliiswick 
 charter, forty-two of the Chiswick 
 claims for a nominal sum. They ap- 
 plied to Col. John llurd, special friend 
 of the governor, to aid them in jirocur- 
 insr a renewal of the Chiswick charter. 
 A new charter was granted, covering 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN KEPUBLIC-.IOURNAL. 
 
 mainly the old giouiul aiul 10,UUO aorcs 
 which had formerly, by mistake, been 
 granted to Lancaster. Col. John Hiud 
 at once received the title to the 10,000 
 acres as his share of this ground floor 
 speculation. The new town wa.s named 
 Apthorp, for George Apthorp, a Lon- 
 don merchant, one of the grantees, and 
 the charter was dated January, 1770. 
 The proprietors of Apthorp, more en- 
 terprising than their predecessors, soon 
 prevailed on Nathan Caswell, tlie first 
 settler, to hazard his fortunes in ihe 
 Ammonoosuc wilderness. With his 
 
 ily floated down the river to the fort 
 at Salmon Hole. Caswell returned a 
 few d;iys later to find the birn burned 
 by Indians. A log hut was built, where 
 they made their home for ten or twelve 
 years. The distuibcil conditions dur- 
 ing the Revolution hindered the settle- 
 ment of the town, and as late as 1784 
 there were but eight families and twelve 
 voters in Apthorp. There is reason to 
 believe that this was one of the sixteen 
 New Ilarnpsliire towns that were rep- 
 resented in the legislature of Vermont. 
 The record made by these pioneers in 
 
 race, Robert Churlton and James Ran- 
 kin. 
 
 I ITTLETON. 
 
 In 1788, Trustam l^alton and Na- 
 thaniel Tracey ac(]uired the 10,000 
 acres of Col. Hurd, and petitioned to 
 have this, with 6,000 acres obtained 
 from Moses Little, erected into a new 
 town. In November, 1784, the towns 
 of Littleton and D ill on were created, 
 and each named for its leading propri- 
 etor. The town grew sturdily and 
 
 wife and four children, he left his 
 home at Orford, April 9, 1770, with all 
 of his household gooils on the back 
 of one horse. He passed the first night 
 at Bath, where be left the horse, and 
 at dusk on the second day arrived at 
 his destination, a rude baiii built by 
 the Chiswick proprietors. That night 
 another son was born to these sturdy 
 pioneers, and he was named Apthorp, 
 as the first-born of the new settlement. 
 But Indian signs were too plenty, and 
 hastily constructing a dug-out the fam- 
 
 MAIN STREET. LOOKING WEST 
 
 the struggle for independence is re- 
 markable. We find the infant settle- 
 ment, with but three men sul)ject to 
 military duty, sending to the front with 
 them five boys, who served through the 
 weary contest with credit. Space for- 
 bids more than a mere reference to 
 these brave pioneers. Prominent 
 among them were Jonathan Hopkinsoii 
 and his four sons, Capt. Caswell and 
 liis sons, and Capt. Pelig Williams. 
 Other prominent pioneers were Thom- 
 as Miner, ])rogenitor of a numerous 
 
 steadily. Slowly, and with infinite 
 toil the stalwart pioneers hewed down 
 the giant pines, let in the sunlight on 
 the virgin soil, and wrung from their 
 stumpy and stony fields a scanty sub- 
 sistence. Of money there was almost 
 none, and no way of obtaining it, for 
 there were no passable roads by which 
 the crude products of the soil could be 
 transported to the southern markets. 
 Of the urgent needs of the case, we 
 may cite the statement of the town 
 agent, Capt. Pelig Williams, in his pe- 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 tition to the Icgislaturo. He says: 
 "Although it is eighteen years since the 
 town began to settle, there is but nine 
 families in it at this time, and there are 
 no mills in said town, nor can we get 
 at any under fifteen miles. The jiub- 
 lick road that runs through said town 
 is eleven miles in length, 
 and almost impossible to 
 pass in the same, which 
 road your petitioners have 
 to travel to get to mill, to 
 market, to courts, and to al- 
 most every kind of busi- 
 ness, so that your petition- 
 ers have got under such 
 poor and difficult circum- 
 stances, that we can neither 
 live in the said town nor 
 move out of the same, ex- 
 cept your honors will inter- 
 pose in our behalf." The 
 town was authorized to tax 
 non-residents for the pur- 
 pose., and a road was built 
 by a committee, from Dalton 
 down the Ammonoosuc val- 
 ley to the town line, and another was 
 constructed from near fabyan's to 
 connect with the first. 
 
 Those primeval necessities, a grist 
 mill and saw mill, were first located in 
 1787-8 by Jonathan Eastman, on Kan- 
 kin's brook, near the present site of 
 the saw mill and grist mill at Patten- 
 ville. They were soon purchased by 
 James Rankin, a thrifty Scotchman, 
 and later successfully operated nearly 
 half a century by his son. Gen. David 
 Rankin. The second saw mill was lo- 
 cated at North Littleton, and. the third 
 near the present mill of the Littleton 
 Lumber Co. The second grist mill, 
 and the one which has been the main 
 reliance of the town for almost a cen- 
 tury, was built by Solomon Mann, in 
 1799. It has been renovated and re- 
 paired until very little is left of the 
 original mill, and is now operated by 
 James Brown. 
 
 can only offer a few dull generalities 
 to cover a long period of the later his- 
 tory. After the location of good roads 
 and mills, the nineteenth century ush- 
 ered in a great influx of popiilatioii, 
 and a steady expansion of agriculture, 
 trade and manufactures. The nianu- 
 
 THE LITTLETON CREAMERY. 
 
 facture of lumber and the clearing up 
 of farms were the prominent features 
 during the first half of the century. 
 Since that ])eriod the lumber business 
 has been continued with much greater 
 profit by reason of railroad facilities, 
 and to this has been added some very 
 important specialized manufactures 
 
 The cultivation of the soil has, from 
 the earliest times, been the leading 
 avocation in Littleton. Nature was 
 not especially lavish in her agrictdtural 
 gifts. While there is a fine belt of 
 Ammonoosuc meadows, the Connecti- 
 cut affords comparatively little first- 
 rate meadow, and the larger 
 portion of the hill land is 
 rather stony and not very 
 productive. Yet there are 
 many good grass farms in 
 town, and the farmers have 
 always enjoyed a very su- 
 perior local market at the 
 village for all kinds of farm 
 produce. Successive gener- 
 ations have cleaned the 
 stones from the fields, to 
 admit of the use of machin- 
 ery. Less help is required 
 than formerly to conduct the 
 farms, and better teams, 
 tools and dwellings, more 
 leisure for books, papers 
 and music, and better social 
 conditions are the order of 
 the day. Under the stimulus of a good 
 local market, dairying under improved 
 conditions is rapidly coming to the 
 front. 
 
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 ELATIONS WITH VERMONT. 
 
 l]?J|Mli III iij 
 
 ATER CONDITIONS. 
 
 Having outlined as fully as space 
 would permit the more interesting 
 features of the earliest settlement, we 
 
 NEW TOWN BUILDING, 
 such as the iiroductioii of scythes, car- 
 riages and sleighs, slereosco])ic views, 
 the Saranac gloves, shoes, and the usu- 
 al local enterjirises of a New England 
 village. 
 
 The settlement of neighboring com- 
 munities on both sides of the Connec- 
 ticut river was so nearly contempor- 
 aneous, their relations so intimate and 
 interdependent, that it seems highly 
 appropriate to bestow a paragraph on 
 this topic. Thetford and Lyme, Fair- 
 lee and Orford, Newbury and Haver- 
 hill, Littleton, Waterford and Concord 
 have always been connected by the 
 most interesting and important associ- 
 ations of kinship and lousiness relations. 
 The land grants of Gov. Benning Weut- 
 worth constituted the legal tenure on 
 which the earlier pioneers of Vermont, 
 (earlier called New Hampshire Grants), 
 relied for the possession of their lands, 
 and in the defense of those titles against 
 the counter claims set up by New 
 York, the Green Mountain Boys con- 
 tributed the most romantic and heroic 
 page of the Revolutionary era. After 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPrBLIC-JOXRNAL. 
 
 the close of the old French war, the 
 rich agricultural lands among the 
 Green Mountains were rapidly settled 
 by the choicest and most adventurous 
 spirits from the southern communities 
 of New England, and this Norseman 
 spirit of adventure was continually re- 
 inforced by the necessity of a constant 
 and vigilant defense of their homes 
 against the adverse claimants from 
 New York, as well as the common foes, 
 the British and Indians. Neighboring 
 towns on both sides of the Connecticut 
 
 tunes in this more prugrcssive town. 
 Nearly one half of the active business 
 men of Littleton today are Vermonters 
 or sons of Vermonters, and a large 
 share of the business and professional 
 men of the past seventy-five years 
 came here from the Green Mountain 
 state. 
 
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 AILROAD FACILITIES. 
 
 The railroad facilities of Littleton 
 are of the best, and the town has long 
 
 tion, it went under the control of the 
 B., C. & M. in ls5n, and became a part 
 of that road in 1873. The extension 
 of the road from Littleton to Lancaster 
 was completed in 1870, and two years 
 later connected with the Grand Trunk 
 at Groveton. The line called the Mt. 
 Washington Branch was constructed 
 to Fabyan's in 1874, and completed to 
 the base of Mt. Washington in 1876, 
 thus making the connection with the 
 road to the summit in the centennial 
 year, and constituting the only all rail 
 
 united in this defense, and also for the 
 support of preaching. Vermonters of 
 the eastern townships largely marketed 
 their surplus products in Portland, 
 passing through Littleton in their 
 "pungs" and bringing back many a 
 load of good Littleton shingles and 
 other wares. The sons of the sturdy 
 Vermont farmers saw here a more ac- 
 tive field, in mercantile and professional 
 life, than their fertile farms affordeil, 
 and many of them sought their for- 
 
 RESIDENCE OF MR. C. F.EASTMAN. 
 
 been known as the "Gateway of the 
 White Mountains." Nature marked 
 out the Connecticut and Aininonoosuc 
 valleys as the great arteries of travel 
 and commerce. The Boston, Concord 
 & Montreal railroad was completed to 
 Woodsville in 1853. The charter of 
 the White Mountains railroad was ob- 
 tained in 1848, to connect with the B., 
 C. & M. at Haverhill and pass via Lit- 
 tleton, Whitefield and Dalton to Lan- 
 caster. After several years of litiga- 
 
 route to that point from Boston. Syl- 
 vester Marsh, then of Littleton, was 
 the master spirit in the construction of 
 the cog road to the summit of Mt. 
 Washington, and the project at first 
 met with ridicule. Construction be- 
 gan in 18(58, and was pushed with in- 
 vincible energy until its completion in 
 1876. Previous to 1870, all travel to 
 the mountains was by stage from 
 Littleton, but the construction of the 
 roads above referred to, and later the 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN KKI'ITBLK'-.IOURNAL. 
 
 branch roads to Bethlehem and the 
 Profile House, practically put an end 
 to this lucrative business. Since the 
 control of all these roads has passed 
 into tlie hands of the Boston & Maine, 
 the excellent summer schedule of trains 
 allows tourists from Littleton to visit 
 any of the prominent resorts and re- 
 turn the same day by a comfortable, 
 all-rail route. 
 
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 HE MANUFACTURERS. 
 
 On the occasion of the celebration in 
 1884 of the centennial of Littleton Hon. 
 D. C. Remich made the following state- 
 ment, "Littleton is not, strictly speak- 
 ing, and never was a manufacturing 
 town ; that is to 
 say the business 
 and prosperity of 
 the tiiwu does not 
 depend and never 
 did upon the man- 
 ufacturing inter- 
 ests alone. Be- 
 cause of its situa- 
 tion, it has been a 
 commercial center 
 of importance and 
 has large and val- 
 uable agricultural 
 resources. P^or 
 these reasons it has 
 not been material- 
 ly affected by de- 
 pression in any 
 particular branch 
 
 of industry Owing to the division of 
 capital and business the town has been 
 much more rapid and continuous than it 
 otherwise would have been, and 
 there has been no long and serious de- 
 pression in its manufacturing inteiests 
 such as have affected olhercommuni- 
 ties. If one man failed, there were oth- 
 ers arising from its commercial, pro- 
 fessional or agricultural classes, ready 
 to step into his shoes, and prosecute 
 the business, or start something else in 
 its place equally benelicial to the com- 
 munity. This ever present demand in 
 our midst has rendered our progress 
 content, and to day we boast of our 
 town and its manufacturies as among 
 the soundest, best and most complete 
 in New England ; and, what is better, 
 
 they are substantially owned and con- 
 trolled by men born and reared among 
 us, or who have been identified with the 
 history of the town from an early date." 
 This statement is largely true as ap- 
 plied to the manufacturers of Littleton 
 today, although they are relatively lar- 
 ger and fewer than they were thirteen 
 years ago. The tendency here, as well 
 as elsewhere in New England, has been 
 steadily toward concentration and con- 
 solation of capital, introduction of cost- 
 ly labor-saving machinery, and the di- 
 vision of labor ; the net result, an in- 
 creased out put and cheapened product. 
 This aggregation of capital and labor 
 has in too many places resulted in 
 ■^n antagonism between the two elc- 
 
 thorp, just outside the Littleton border, 
 a considerable lumber business is be- 
 ing conducted, for which Littleton 
 largely furnishes the supplies. The 
 same time other industries have come 
 to take their places. Tlie granite 
 works, and the shoe factory at Apthorp 
 are illustrations. All of the glove 
 works in town are now consolidated in 
 the Saranac. An opposite tendency is 
 shown in the carriage business which 
 is now in the hands of three different 
 firms. We may safely make this sum- 
 mary : never before in the history of 
 the town were as many people steadily 
 employed and at wages of ci|u;d pur- 
 chasing value as are lo-dav. 
 
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 RADE. 
 
 MAIN STREET, From in From of the JOURNAL Office. 
 
 ments and has eventuated in strikes ; 
 but so ideal are the conditions in Little- 
 ton, so friendly and mutually helpful 
 are the relations existing between em- 
 ployer and employed, that strikes are 
 unknown, and shut downs are only 
 ]iartial and temporary. The millenial 
 has not yet arrived however. Several 
 industries have become obsolete, nota- 
 bly the tannery. Others continue on a 
 healthy though restricted basi.s, as for 
 example, the sash and blind shop. The 
 inanufactuie of lumber in town is year- 
 ly diminishing on account of the dimin- 
 ished sujjply of stock. The mills of 
 the Littleton Lumber Co., at South 
 Littleton, will do comparatively little if 
 any l)usiness during the ensuing season. 
 At Alder Brook, a station nearest Ap- 
 
 I) u r i n g fully 
 three quarters of a 
 century, Littleton 
 has been foremost 
 for its hotels and 
 stores. We will 
 not refer at length 
 to the primitive 
 establishments of 
 Larned & .Jackson 
 and T. Wheeler at 
 North Littleton. 
 The Old lied Store 
 of Maj. Curtiss 
 was par excellence 
 the home of the 
 store court, and 
 ^I a j o r Bell o w s 
 gives a glowing account of the 
 hilarities of the evening sessions, 
 where the alternative was present- 
 ed to sing a song, tell a story, treat 
 the crowd on toddy, or drink a pint of 
 salt and water. William lirackett, 
 commencing a year later, in IJSO.'), 
 built the large and then imposing 
 house still standing in the Ainmonoo- 
 suc valley, a mile and a half below the 
 village, and for nearly forty years con- 
 ducted a rushing trade in the store op- 
 posite. He invested his faith and cour- 
 age and cash in Littleton's future, and 
 retired a wealthy man. He was also in 
 company with his brother, Maj. Aaron 
 Brackett, in a store at the village. 
 George Little, a broad gauge but ec- 
 centric son of the original proprie- 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 tor, Moses Little, was many years a 
 prominent factor in trade and in gen- 
 eral business. The Keddington's, 
 George B. and Henry C, who came to 
 Littleton in 1830 and enfratjed in sen- 
 eral trade, were men of notable enter- 
 prise and ability, and for nearly forty 
 years were prominent financiers. The 
 Eastmans and Tiltons from Danville, 
 Vt., were among the most pushing and 
 successful men who have figured upon 
 the stage of mercantile life. Later 
 merchants were : Francis Hodgman, 
 John Farr, R. D. Kounsevel, C. VV. 
 Brackett, J. W. Bakh, William Bailey, 
 H. H. Southworth, Charles Eaton, Nel- 
 son C. Farr, Charles Farr, Tilton Bros., 
 Dow Bros., and Bellott's it Son, Tiiis 
 is only a partial list of former mer- 
 chants. The pioneer merchants opei'at- 
 ed at a time when money was very 
 scarce, and were compelled to conduct 
 a large barter trade and give extended 
 credits. At present trade is well organ- 
 ized, and goods well classified, competi- 
 tion active, profits in most lines moder- 
 ate, but the sales are for spot cash or 
 short credit. 
 
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 ATER AND LIGHTS. 
 
 Littleton was one of the earliest 
 of the smaller New England towns to 
 adopt the electric lights. The water 
 supply of the Apthorp Water Co. was 
 purchased by Coffin & Stanton of New 
 York in 1887. They put in a pump, 
 and instituted an electric light plant 
 with a dynamo of 750 light capacity of 
 the incandescent system. They are 
 now iii,corporated a s the Littleton 
 Water and Electric Light Co. In 
 1896 important improvements were 
 made introducing a new dynamo, elec- 
 tric lights and water supply, with a 
 capacity of I'iOO lights. The Bri.stol 
 Recording volt meter is used, and most 
 of the patrons use the meter system 
 paying for what they actually use, at a 
 very moderate rate. All of the stores 
 and public buildings and many of the 
 residences use the electric lights. A 
 very ingenious water gauge shows the 
 depth of ^water in the reservoir. Col. 
 B. H. Corning is the superintendent of 
 the company and Mr. Iluiikins is treas- 
 urer and Coming's insurance office is 
 
 the headquarters. The water sup])ly is 
 taken from pure mountain springs 
 brought into a reservoir about the town. 
 
 SUMMER RESORT. 
 
 Thousands of tourists visit Littleton 
 every year, attracted by its superior 
 advantages as a sanitarium and its con- 
 venience as a rendezvous while enjoy- 
 ing the unparalleleil attractions of the 
 White Mountains. They find here all 
 the advantages of rural life, and are at 
 the same time in touch with the great 
 world by train, telegraph and tele- 
 phone. The burning of the Oak Hill 
 House in 1894 was a great misfortune, 
 but Thayer's Hotel, the 3Iaples, the 
 Mountain Home and the Chiswick Inn 
 remain, and the new hotel of I. C. 
 Richardson will afford ample accom- 
 modations for tourists and the traveling 
 public. The view from some of the 
 higher points near the village can hard- 
 ly be surpassed. 
 
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 ARSHALL SANDERS POST. 
 
 Marshall Sanders Post, No. 48, G. 
 
 A. R., was organized October 25, 1879, 
 with the following officers : Major E. 
 W. B'arr, commander; W. R. Whiting, 
 Q. M. ; George W. Hall, S. Y. ; B. F. 
 Wells, J. Y. The organization has 
 steadily increased in members and in- 
 terest, although many comrades have 
 been mustered by the "grim destroyer" 
 There are now 93 members in good 
 standing. In the G. A. R. hall is a 
 fine meinorial record, presented with 
 an appropriate address by Hon. Harry 
 Bingham. The present officers are : 
 H. E. Currier, Commander ; B. F. 
 Wells, S. Y. ; John Miller, J. Y. ; II. 
 
 B. Burnham, Q. M. ; Solon Simonds, O. 
 D. ; A. C. Gaskell, Adjt. ; W. W. Love- 
 joy, Chap. 
 
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 TE MOUNTAIN GRANGE. 
 
 White Mountain Grange was organ- 
 ized February 19, 1875, with 40 char- 
 ter members, with C. W. Bedell lectur- 
 er and Abijali Allen as the first master. 
 He tilled that position eight years. The 
 grange made a steady progressive 
 growth. It had its periods of weak- 
 
 ness but maintained its organization. 
 It contains at present about 150 mem- 
 bers. Mrs. J. W. Farr, master ; Mrs. 
 C. R. Allen, lecturer ; Mrs. George 
 Bartlett, secretary. 'J'his year the new 
 departure was made of electing a full 
 board of lady officers. Since 1877 the 
 meetings were held iu Grange Hall but 
 are now held in Odd Fellows Hall. The 
 Grange has proved itself a potent so- 
 cial and educational factor in the com- 
 munity. 
 
 T 
 
 HE BAR OF LITTLETON. 
 
 The limits of time and space forbid 
 anything more than a cursory reference 
 to the former lawyers of Littleton. The 
 first practicing lawj'er was Joseph 
 Emerson Dow, a son of Hon. Moses 
 Dow of Haverhill. He located at 
 North Littleton in 1807. Elisha Hurds, 
 H o n. Henry A. Bellows, Edmund 
 Carleton, Hon. Cilvin Ainsworth, Hon. 
 William Burns, William J. Bellow.s, 
 Hon. Charles W. Rand, John Farr, 
 Hon. Edward D. Rand were more or 
 less prominent members of the legal 
 profession before and during the war. 
 The Littleton Bar during the last 
 quarter of a century has ranked among 
 the ablest in the state. Hurry and 
 George A. Bingham, many years in 
 company, the Farrs, John and Major 
 Evarts W., John S., and W. II. Mitch- 
 ell, D. C. and J. W. Remich, Hon. A. 
 S. Batchellor, and Hon. Edgar F. Al- 
 drich, have been the principal legal 
 lights during this period. All of the 
 present active members of the bar are 
 represented by sketches. 
 
 QO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY. 
 
 The Littleton Co-operative Cream- 
 ery, a cut of which is presented on a 
 preceding page, is one of the most val- 
 uable institutions of the town, and has 
 a future of still wider usefulness. In 
 1887, Dow it Dalton built the creara- 
 erj' building, which was exempted ten 
 years from town taxation, and beg;ui 
 work. The creamery company was 
 organized in December, 1889, with Mr. 
 Dow as treasurer and general manager, 
 who conducted it for three years. 
 These wore the transition years of the 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 movcnieiit, during whioh public senti- 
 ment was ripening in favor of a co- 
 operative creamery, which was organ- 
 ized in 189-J, with Cliarles W. Bedell, 
 president ; M. C. Dodge, vice-presi- 
 dent ; and Daniel S. Johnson, treasur- 
 er. In October, 1895, a branch skim- 
 ming station was erected at Dalton, 
 which has largely increased the output 
 of the creamery. The creamery has 
 about 75 patrons, and during the best 
 of the season produces about 8,000 
 pounds of butter a month. It is sup- 
 plied with a modern equipment, and 
 cost, including the separator station, 
 about ^7,000. The present butter- 
 maker, Mr. O. M. Moseley, is an expert 
 with seven years' experience, which is 
 turned to good account. The reputa- 
 tion of the Littleton Creamery butter 
 is well established. It took first pre- 
 mium on prints at the New Hampshire 
 State Grange Fair, and the second pre- 
 mium on tubs, and has taken other 
 premiums. The butter made by Mr. 
 Moseley for the Lj'man Creamery took 
 a second prize at the Chicago Exposi- 
 tion in 1893. The Littleton Creamery 
 has come to lift the burden from the 
 shoulders of the housewife, and it has 
 come to stay. Mr. C. W. Bedell, pres- 
 ident of the co-operative creamery, is 
 a leading and public-spirited citizen 
 and farmer, who for thirty years has 
 resided in the north part of the town. 
 Mr. H. H. Southworth, the treasurer, 
 is a retired merchant, long and favor- 
 ably known to the business public. 
 The creamery is now conducted on 
 the most scientific principles, and 
 only needs a more extended patronage 
 to cheapen the cost of production and 
 increase the sales, as it is unable to 
 supply its orders. 
 
 WILSON & TUTTLE. 
 It is well known that Littleton is a 
 notable emporium in the clothing trade. 
 The large amount of business that the 
 four great houses enjoy can be account- 
 ed for by two reasons : first, the large 
 number of young men who are regular- 
 ly employed here at fair wages ; sec- 
 ond, the very extensive and judicious- 
 ly selected stocks, and the close prices 
 at which they are offered, attract an 
 extensive trade fi'oni the surrounding 
 
 towns. Wilson & Tuttle is the jun- 
 ior firm, but although eleventh- 
 hour men, they are getting full wages 
 just the same. Anything can here be 
 had that is usually found in a first-class 
 clothing store, but the special features 
 in wiru'h they excel are men's under- 
 wear and pants. These prime necessi- 
 ties are offered at prices that command 
 customers. Mr. Wilson is a veteran 
 clothing dealer of Concord, N. H., with 
 
 TpR jimitr^Aj^- 
 
 Sn maltrr iiit<^ nmiim ft.M niol<tffl 
 your fiirm, h*c /»( j( 
 
 pn-iiv !otj Mil. im and up 
 
 branch housi-s elsewhere, and is able 
 to secure the best prices from jobbers 
 and manufacturers. Mr. Tuttle is a 
 young man, with an old head on his 
 shoulders, a sharp eye for selecting 
 goods, and a breath for talking about 
 them that exceeds the continuance of 
 the trade winds. Seriously, he is a 
 very judicious and reliable salesman, 
 and stands by his sales every time, a 
 fact duly appreciated by the. public. 
 He is ably assisted by Eddie Asselin, 
 formerly of St. Johnsbury. Wilson & 
 Tuttle conduct a strictly one-price 
 store. 
 
 S. OSCAR PARKER. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a ver- 
 satile charactei- and has enjoyed a 
 remarkable varied business experience. 
 He was born and bred a tanner, a 
 business that has engrossed at some 
 time the attention of his father, Silas 
 Barker, of his grandfather and each of 
 his seven brothers. Mr. Parker has 
 since been a merchant, a glove maker, 
 a traveling salesman and a real estate 
 agent and is now conducting the laun- 
 dry business. As a young i7ian he 
 began his mercantile experience with 
 
 Parker it ^'oung at Lyman aiid later 
 had charge of stores at Sugar II ill and 
 Lancaster. lie came to Lisbon in 
 187'2 and engaged with his brother, 
 Ii'a, as a glove maker and later became 
 a pai'tner. In the winter of 1S90 he 
 travelled extensively in the South and 
 West as a salesman of Saranac gloves. 
 In December, 1893, he founded an 
 agency for the sale and exchange of 
 real estate, which he has widely adver- 
 tised and has proved an important 
 public convenience and which he still 
 conducts with considerable success. 
 In 1S94 he ]>urchased an interest in 
 the Littleton Steam Laundry and later 
 the whole business. With his usual 
 enterprise he has put in six new ma- 
 chines of the latest pattern, which 
 enable him to finish his work with 
 neatness and despatch. Ilis patronage 
 extends for a hundred miles up and 
 down this valley and has increased 
 one-third during the past year. Tlie 
 laundrv employs 12 hands in the 
 summer and seven in the winter. }ilr. 
 Parker has evolved another fruitful 
 idea, the White Mountain Bureau of 
 Employment which successfully fills a 
 "long felt want." The Bureau is 
 widely advertised and procures con- 
 genial and remunerative employment 
 for parties who can furnish reliable 
 testimonials. Mr. Parker mariied in 
 1860, Emily R., sister of H. H. Porter 
 of this town. They have three sons, 
 Harry C, George P. and Carl I., all of 
 whom are residents of the town, and 
 are assisting their father in his varied 
 and extensive business. 
 
 'UREKA HOSE CO. NO. 
 
 A thoroughly well equipped institu- 
 tion is the Eureka Hose Co., at once a 
 social and a business organ i/.:ition. 
 During the past eighteen years, Little- 
 ton has enjoyed I he benefit of an efiici- 
 ent fire department, at present consist- 
 ing of '1-i experienced firemen, with K. 
 C. Young, chief ; and H. D. Wilkins 
 and A. E. Strain, assistants. The hose 
 cart, hook anil ladder wagon, and e(|uip- 
 ments are stored in the basement of the 
 town building, and just beyond is a 
 cosy and neatly furnished firemen's 
 club and riading room. Here the 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOXRNAL. 
 
 boys while away inany a social evL'iiiiig 
 hour, with chat, games and reading, for 
 there is a small hut well selected libra- 
 ry, and eight standard magazines. They 
 hold a regular monthly meeting from 
 November to May, and a fortnightly 
 meeting from May to November. They 
 receive at present a liberal compensa- 
 tion, twelve dollars each per year, one 
 dollar per hour for the first hour S])ent 
 at a fire, and .50 cents per hour each 
 additional liour they work, and 50 
 
 village, antl Apthorp, and with a pres- 
 sure of from 100 to 1'20 lbs. per inch. 
 Twelve fire alarm boxes are suitably 
 located and connected with the Metho- 
 dist bell, in the east, and the Congre- 
 gational bell in the west part of the 
 village. The Eurekas are not spring 
 chickens, but regular fighting cocks 
 with their spurs on when the alarm 
 sounds. They have always been equal 
 to every emergency, and fully confident 
 of their ability to knock out a first- 
 
 nious and original turn, he became a 
 carpenter and builder, erecting several 
 houses. He took up the trade of 
 printing while on the farm, at first 
 with a small hand press, and as a recre- 
 ation. But the typical Yankee, (of 
 which Mr. Wallace is a good specimen) 
 is able to turn his hand to almost any- 
 thing. In 1883 we find our amateur 
 printer running a job office and editing 
 a newspaper, the Woodsville Enter- 
 prise. Mr. Wallace resided in Woods- 
 
 cents when called on false alarm. ]>y 
 an annual fireman's ball, and other 
 social entertainments, they have put 
 away a little sum in their treasury. 
 They have good rubber suits and hel- 
 mets. They have a Bangor extension 
 ladder, 50 feet in length, 2500 feet of 
 hose, and a chemical outfit. They 
 have three hose carriages, a supply 
 wagon and an abundant supply of lad- 
 ders. The water supply is carried to 
 63 hydrants located in all parts of the 
 
 class blaze, at short metre, which 
 justified by their record in the past. 
 
 ELI B. WALLACE. 
 Mr. Wallace, though comparatively 
 a young man, is one of the senior mer- 
 chants in continuous business in Lit- 
 tleton. He was born some 41 years 
 ago upon the farm of his father, Luther 
 Wallace of Bethlehem, and farming 
 occupied his principal attention in 
 early life. Being of a somewhat inge^ 
 
 ville a yeai', then came to Littleton 
 and started his job printing office here, 
 but continued to conduct the Enter- 
 prise some j'ear and a half longer, 
 when he sold it to Mr. F. W. Bittinger. 
 Since 1885 Mr. Wallace has occupied 
 his present convenient and handsome 
 rooms in Tilton block. He carries the 
 best assortment of stationery and blank- 
 books in town, and a full line of maga- 
 zines, also some specialties in fancy 
 and Christmas goods. Mr. Wallace 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 lias three printing presses, and with 
 liis dozen or more years of experience 
 is an artist, and secures a liberal pat- 
 ronage, in fact all he is able to do 
 hinisflf. He married Miss Myra M. 
 lUirt of Bethlehem, who is a cheerful 
 hfljimect in the store and home. Their 
 ]>k'asaiit home is located next the 
 National Bank on Main street. 
 
 pONGREGATIONALISM. 
 
 The first statement in the records re- 
 garding religious matters, indicates 
 that in 1790, six years after the in. 
 corporation at Littleton, Rev. A. Kin- 
 son ministered to the people six 
 months. A decade later, March 18, 
 1 silO, it was "voted to choose a com- 
 mittee to direct the selectmen in fixing 
 a center place in town, to hold meet- 
 ings, and hold meetings for preaching. 
 Voted Capt. Williams, Capt. Haskins, 
 Andrew Rankin, and Mr. Robins be 
 the committee aforesaid." In 1802 
 the town voted $100 for preaching. 
 
 house. The site for the building, 
 about two acres of land, was donated 
 by Col. Moses Little, and the building 
 was located near the center of the 
 town, about two miles from the present 
 village. The meeting house was not 
 fully completed until 1815, it being 
 practically a union church. The nu- 
 cleus of the present handsome Con- 
 gregational church was erected in 
 1834, at an expense of $2000, and a 
 vestry was built underneath it in 18.58. 
 In 1874 both the interior and exterior 
 of the church were remodelled, and as- 
 sumed its present appearance. In 
 1883 the present spacious chapel was 
 erected, and the handsome parsonage, 
 on High street, was built in 18SS, at a 
 cost of about $6000. The ehurcli was 
 organized in 1803, and the original 
 membership was slowly increased un- 
 til it numbered 35 in 1830. The en- 
 tire resident and non-resident member- 
 ship is now about 240. 
 
 chair of elocution at several institu- 
 tions of learning, aifd is well known on 
 the lecture platform. He married in 
 187t), Miss Elena L. Gordon, of New 
 
 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 
 
 In 1802 or 1803 Rev. John Lord, a 
 graduate of Dartmouth, preached here 
 for a time. In 1811 the town voted 
 1^200 toward the erection of a meeting 
 
 REV. JOHN HENRY HOFFMAN 
 was born in 1847 and reared on a hill 
 farm in Lyndon, where he remained 
 until he was 21. He then developed 
 a good physique, and the aptitudes for 
 mental and social enjoyment. During 
 an attendance of two terms at New- 
 bury Seminary he experienced religion. 
 He then spent nine years at N e w 
 Hampton Institute, Bates College, and 
 Andoverand Bangor Theological Semi- 
 naries. He is a minister of long 
 pastorates, was for seven years 
 at Ilenniker, live years at Shel- 
 burn Falls, and five at Peterborough. 
 An experience of a year in Nebraska 
 attached him more thoroughly to New 
 England. Mr. Hoffman has been presi- 
 dent of several local unions, of both 
 the Evangelical Alliance, and the 
 Christian I^ndeavor bodies. As a 
 l>reacher he gives free expressions to 
 very positive opinions. He has filled 
 the pastorate at Littleton since 1894, 
 and since that time has added sixty 
 members to the church, and a debt of 
 $2500 has been liquidated. He has 
 accomplished considerable literary 
 work as editor of the Inkhorn, a reli- 
 gious periodical devoted to religious 
 interests. Mr. Hoffman has filled the 
 
 Hampton. Their children arc Catli- 
 elena V. and John William Hoffman. 
 
 METHODISM. 
 
 Prior to 1843 there was no stated 
 Methodist preaching in town, altlmugh 
 Littleton, as a part of the great L iiidaff 
 circuit, was occasionally visited by itin- 
 erants. Services were held pait nf 
 the time by Elder Burkley and dtl'er 
 local preachers. As early as ls:i2iU( 
 memlsers were reported. Rev. J. P. 
 Williams, a presiding elc "r rcsid.n-- at 
 North Littleton, preachtd in scliool 
 houses, and formed a class, sn that in 
 1844 Littleton and Whitetield togctiuT 
 reported 140 members. Littleton was 
 united either with Whitcfield or lieth- 
 lehem until 1860, when it became a full 
 charge. The church was built soon 
 after, and dedicated by Rev. .1. E. 
 King. A chapel was built in isydby 
 Rev. G. W. Ruland, pastor. The 
 church was remodelled in the winter of 
 1881 at a cost of §400(1, and again in 
 1888. The parsonage was built in 
 1887. The church has every accessory 
 for successful work. The fiourishing 
 Ladies' Aid society has expended about 
 §400 on the parsonage since 1891. 
 There is an active Epworth League 
 and a Sabb.ath school with an average 
 attendance of 115 and a chur<h mem- 
 
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 bership of nearly 200. A debt of 
 about $.5000 was lifted during Mr. 
 Howard's second year. 
 
 nji- 
 
 Rev. C. M. Howard. 
 The position of Kev. Charles M. 
 Howard as a useful minister of the 
 gospel, is the logical out- 
 come of his heredity and ■ 
 environment. He was 
 born in Union, Ct, in 
 1S60, son of Rev. Mellen 
 Howard, now of East 
 Haverhill. C. -M. How- 
 ard gi'aduated from Phil- 
 lips Exeter Academy in 
 the class of '!^3, and for 
 tiiree years attended the ' 
 Hoston University Theo- 
 logical School. The same 
 year he joined the New 
 Hampshire Conference, 
 he found in Miss Mabel 
 Bickf ord of Dover a suit- 
 able helpmate, and made 
 his first settlement at 
 Raymond, N. H., where 
 he remained four years. 
 After preaching for one 
 year at Hampton, N. H., 
 he settled for three years 
 at Woodsville. Since 
 1894 he has ministered 
 very acceptably in Lit- 
 tleton adn has added 41 
 full members and six pro- 
 bationers to the church. 
 The latch- string of the 
 parsonage is always out, 
 and callers receive a 
 kindly welcome. The 
 fireside of Rev. and Mrs. 
 Howard is cheered by 
 the presence of two sons. 
 
 pointed as resident pastor and re- 
 mained more than three years, and dur- 
 ing this period the rectory was bought. 
 He was succeeded by Revs. H. M. An- 
 drews, J. S. Kent, H. H. Haynes, Isaac 
 Peck, and L. R. Waterman. 
 
 The present incumbent came in 
 
 has organized a vested choir of .34 
 members, the largest and the only one 
 of mixed voices in the diocese. The 
 church is in a prosperous condition. 
 
 1 
 
 •PISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 The first regular ser- 
 vices of this church were 
 held by Rev. J. B. Good- 
 rich, then stationed at Lancaster, June 
 6, 1875, at the Town hall. The fol- 
 lowing July Bishop Niles laid the cor- 
 ner stone of the church edifice, and the 
 church was consecrated November 19, 
 with about thirty members. In Jan- 
 uary, 1877, Rev. A. R. Graves was ap- 
 
 EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 March, 1894, in the capacity of lay read- 
 er, and was ordained to the priesthood 
 about one year later. Mr. Davis, with 
 his various attainments and wide ex- 
 j)erience unites personal qualities which 
 inspire confidence. He has a Sunday 
 school of more than 50 members and 
 
 Rev. EDGAR FOSTER DAVIS 
 is a scion of good old Revolutionary 
 stock. His great-great 
 grandfather, Col. Ben- 
 jamin Foster, original- 
 ly of Greenland, N. H., 
 was the first to capture 
 a British vessel, the 
 brig Margaretta, sent to 
 Machias after supplies 
 by Gen. Gage. 
 
 Mr. Davis was born 
 at East Machias, Me., 
 in 1851. He fitted for 
 college at Washington 
 Academy, and graduat- 
 ed from Bowdoin Col- 
 lege in the cla.ss of '71. 
 For four or five years 
 Mr. Davis was engaged 
 in teaching, as princi- 
 pal of the High schools 
 at Thomaston, Me., and 
 at Middletown, Ct., and 
 as professor of classics 
 at De Garmo Institute, 
 Rhinebeck, N. Y. In 
 1879 he graduated from 
 Yale Theological Semi- 
 nary. After filling pas- 
 torates in JIaine, New 
 Brunswick, at Hamil- 
 ton, Mass., and Wolf 
 boro, N.H., he wa* 
 called to the chair 
 English of the Stat- 
 College of Pennsylvan- 
 ia, and filled this posi- 
 tion for four years. In 
 March, 1894, he took 
 . barge of the Episcopal 
 mission at Littleton, 
 ■and in .Vugust, 1895, 
 he organized the mis- 
 sion in Whitcfield. In 
 1895 he was ordained to the priesthood 
 at Littleton. Under his able care the 
 number of communicants has doubled. 
 In 1874, Mr. Davis married Elmira 
 Scott, daughter of Hon. S. H. Talbot, 
 of East Machias, Me. Two daughters 
 are the issue of this union, Grace Ham- 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 iiiond, and Clara Louise, both recent 
 •rraduatcs of the Littleton High school. 
 Jlr. Davis made the tour of Europe in 
 1881, his parishioners at St. Stephen, 
 X. B., defraying his expenses. He has 
 
 
 
 furnished many meritorious contribu- 
 tions to current literature in prose and 
 poetry. He was chosen as poet at the 
 Andres celebration, at Ipswich, Mass., 
 July 4, 1886, and two of his shorter 
 pieces were read at the G. A. K. reun- 
 ion in Boston several years ago. 
 
 R 
 
 OMAN CATHOLIC. 
 
 St. Rose of Lima parish was organ- 
 ized January ft, 1882, Rev. J. H. Noi- 
 seux being the first pastor. Previous 
 to its organization it had been a mission 
 of the parish of Lebanon, N. XL, with 
 L. M. Laplante, pastor. Littleton was 
 attended at various times as follows: 
 Previous to 1853 by Rev. Hector Dro- 
 let, of Montpelier, Vt., and Rev. Fr. 
 O'Callaghan, of Burlington, Vt., and 
 visited about once a year for about five 
 or six years. In 1853, Rev. John 
 Brady, then residing in Claremont, N. 
 H., was the first regular missionary in 
 the Connecticut Valley, visiting Little- 
 ton five or six times a year. In 1856 
 these missions were divided and Rev. 
 J. IL Noiseux visited here monthly for 
 10 years and twice a month for four 
 more years. In 1876 missions were 
 
 again divided and Rev. F. H. Trudel, 
 of Lebanon, was charged with the 
 (irafton County missions. He visited 
 here for a year and built the church. 
 The church was dedicated by Rt. Rev. 
 J. A. Healey, Bishop of Portland, 
 August 30, 1880. Fr. Brann, of New 
 York city, preached the dedicating ser- 
 mon. In August, 1881, Rev. L. M. 
 Laplante was appointed to Lebanon 
 with charge of Littleton until January 
 4, 1882, when Rev. J. H. Noiseux took 
 charge of Littleton and remained in 
 charge until 1886, when he was suc- 
 ceeded by Rev. Dennis Hurley, who re- 
 mained until 1893. During his pastor- 
 ate he bought the land and house next 
 to the church, also a tract of land for 
 a burj'lng ground. Fr. Hurley was re- 
 moved to Penacook, N. H., in Novem- 
 ber, 1893, and was succeeded by the 
 present pastor. Rev. C. J. Paradis. 
 
 REV. C. J. PARADIS 
 was born in the city- of Quebec, Canada, 
 and went to Manchester with his fam- 
 ily in 1866. In 1873 he entered the 
 Seminary of Quebec for his classical 
 course, then tlic (Trand Seminary, and 
 after four j-ears of theology he was or- 
 dained to the ]iriesthood by Cardinal 
 Lachereau in May, 1885. After his 
 ordination he was appointed as assist- 
 ant to Rev. A. Chev.alier, at Manches- 
 ter. After 16 months service he was 
 appointed pastor al Lebanon, X. H., 
 
 where he remained for seven years. 
 While in Lebanon he had charge of 
 all the missions from Hanover to 
 Franklin. He built a church in Han- 
 <)ver, one in Canaan, bought a tract of 
 land from the town of Lebanon for 
 burying purposes, and repaired the 
 church and houses. In November, 
 1893, he was called to Littleton to take 
 charge of the parish of St. Ro.se of 
 Lima. Since his appointment in Little- 
 ton he built one church at the Wauni- 
 bek, which is a beautiful building and 
 nearly paid for. He put new pews in 
 the church of Littleton, bought many 
 things that were needed, and paid off 
 the debt of the church jjroperty. Dur- 
 ing his pastorate, the membeiship has 
 increased so that the church is hardly 
 large enough to accommodate tiie 
 worshippers. 
 
 'THE BAPTISTS. 
 
 In tlie earlier years of the century, 
 the Baptists in town usually attended 
 the Baptist church at Waterford. In 
 1840 a small Baptist church was built 
 at what was called the Scythe Factoi-y 
 Village. The first pastor was Rev. 
 Nicholas Bray and the second and last 
 was Rev. William Lovejoy. There 
 were 20 members, with Anson Alexan- 
 der, deacon, and Barnet H. Smith, 
 clerk. The church was <lisorganized 
 by removals and other losses. After 
 services were discontinued the few 
 
 BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
 members connected themselves with 
 the Bethlehem church until 1869, when 
 the present church was built, and since 
 that time the Baptist interests of the 
 
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 two towns have consolidated here. At 
 the time of the reorganization the 
 membership was 27, which has since 
 more than doubled. Rev. Elisha 
 (iuilford was the first settled pastor, 
 and remained four years. The pastor- 
 ate of the Rev. J. B. Merrill during the 
 l)ast six years has been a period of re- 
 vived interest and active work, and the 
 parish is now united and free from 
 debt, aud owns a good church and par- 
 sonage. A biographical sketch of Mr. 
 Merrill appears on another page. 
 
 two years. Rev. W. C. Litchfield came 
 as a supply in November, 1896. The 
 society is out of debt, a prosperous 
 Sunday school has been organized, also 
 a Voung People's Ileligious Union, and 
 a renewed interest is manifested. 
 
 "TH 
 
 E UNITARIANS. 
 
 While the old Union church was 
 used by the several denomina- 
 tions alternately, according to 
 compact, the Unitarian preachers 
 frequently occupied the pulpit, 
 and added zest to the controver- 
 sial character of the discourse of 
 the period. At a later period, 
 owing to deaths and removals, 
 the Unitarian sentiment was less 
 pronounced. An organization 
 was effected June 14, 1873, as 
 the Liberal Christian Society of 
 Littleton, and a board of trustees 
 was elected, Rev. J. P. Kinson 
 (LTniversalist) and other clergy- 
 men officiating from time to time. 
 Rev. J. B. Morrison, pastor at 
 Lancaster, began preaching in 
 what was then called Union Hall 
 in 1881, and continued in charge 
 of the movement seven years. 
 The present LTnitarian society 
 was organized September 13, 
 1884, by twelve persons, at the 
 home of J. S. Frye. Porter B. 
 Watson was elected clerk, and at 
 a subsequent meeting, Gen. George T. 
 Cruft, J. S. Frye, and Rev. J. B. 
 Morrison, were elected a building 
 committee, and erected the present 
 and modern handsome Unitarian 
 church. In April 1893, Rev. Samuel 
 B. Cruft, of Boston, presented the 
 ciiurch with a tine pipe organ. The 
 first settled pastor, Rev. L.D.Cochrane, 
 was ordained August 18, 1889, and re- 
 mained four years. He was succeeded 
 by Rev. Mr. Mitchell for one year, and 
 Rev. L. Fletcher Snapp, who remained 
 
 Rev. w. C. Litchfield 
 
 was born in South Scituate, Plymouth, 
 Mass. His boyhood was strongly im- 
 pressed by the historic associations of 
 the "stern and rock bound coast." His 
 maternal ancestry was of Revolution- 
 ary stock, and his grand-father was a 
 soldier in the war of 18ri. He attend- 
 ed the Hanover Academy, and pre- 
 pared to enter the Meadvillc Theologi- 
 
 tive in the general assembly. In May 
 1879 he was ordained at llobart, Ind. 
 He was engaged in mission work and 
 was pastor four years at Berlin, and 
 six years at Gardner, Mass. Mr. Litch- 
 field was callcil to the Littleton charge 
 a year ago, and has won the esteem and 
 respect of his parishioners and of the 
 community. 
 
 UNITARIAN CHLKCH. 
 
 cal school, when the advent of the civil 
 war in 1861 opened another path of 
 duty. He first enlisted in the 18th 
 Massachusetts but was not accepted, 
 and then enlisted in the first Massa- 
 chusetts heavy artillery, and served 
 until the discharge of the regiment at 
 the close of the war. He then engaged 
 in mercantile pursuits. In 1878-9 
 he read theology under the direction of 
 Prof. F. H. Hedge of the Harvard Di- 
 vinity school. During his course of 
 studies he served his town as select- 
 man and in 1878-9 was its representa- 
 
 rev. fredk. George Chutter 
 
 is well known to the people of Little- 
 ton and vicinity, as he was three years 
 pastor of the Congregational church. 
 After the close of this pastorate he 
 made the tour of Europe, visiting 
 Greece, Asia Minor, the Holy Land, 
 and Egypt. Returning to Eng- 
 " land, he took a post graduate 
 course at Oxford and Edinburgh 
 Universities. He was called to 
 the pastorate of a church at 
 Lowell, Mass., after his return 
 from Europe, but ill health, 
 caused by too close study, com- 
 pelled him to resign his charge, 
 and seek a change of employ- 
 y ment. He returned to Littleton 
 ?.i in 1893, bought Dow Brothers' 
 stock, and a year later the White 
 ; Store. Under his management 
 it is a scene of bustling commer- 
 cial activity, employing several 
 clerks. The store is an exposition 
 of dry goods, ladies' furnishings, 
 and fancy goods. Ladies' gar- 
 ments and fur goods are a spec- 
 ialty. Elegant imported rugs are 
 given to customers on the coupon 
 system. Mr. Chutter strives to 
 make "the nimble penny worth 
 more than the dull shilling." 
 Rev. F. G. Chutter was born in 
 the south of England and came to Bos- 
 ton in 1872, where he was engaged in 
 mercantile life. He began to preach 
 the gospel at nineteen, and prepared 
 himself more fully for the sacred call- 
 ing by a collegiate course at Colby 
 University, Waterville, Me., which was 
 followed by a course at Andover Theo- 
 logical Seminary, from which he grad- 
 uated in 1887. During all of these 
 student years he continued to preach 
 regularly, a strain of effort that some- 
 what undermined his naturally robust 
 
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 constitution. Thus Mr. Chutter has 
 come to be known in the dual capacity 
 of merchant and preacher. lie has 
 lectured quite extensively, and is pre- 
 paring a literary work <in the ethics of 
 art architecture, that may some day 
 find its way to the press. . lie is a 
 versatile and engaging personality, and 
 a power in any field of effort, and with 
 returning health may again engage in 
 ministerial work. He married Caro- 
 line, daughter of Hon. Eben 
 Cutler, of Boston, and their 
 fireside is brightened by the 
 presence of two lovely chil- 
 dren. 
 
 goods from New York and Boston, 
 under the firm of Tilton & Cady. Re- 
 turning to Littleton in May 1854, after 
 an absence of three and a half years, 
 he soon became a member of the firm 
 of C. and F. .1. Eastman & Co., and 
 retired from the firm in 1859 after five 
 years of active and successful trade. 
 We can here only refer to some of the 
 more important of the many financial, 
 industrial, and mercantile institutions 
 
 HENRY L. TILTON. 
 
 In H. L. Tilton, we rec- 
 ognize one of the most dom- 
 inant and pervasive person- 
 alities that have figured in 
 the business life of Littleton 
 during the past quarter of 
 a century. A mere enum- 
 eration of the enterprises 
 he has projected and of the 
 firms and corporations in 
 which he has been an im- 
 portant factor, would trans- 
 cend the usual limits of a 
 newspaper sketch. 
 
 Henry L., son of Joseph 
 and Sally B. Tilton was 
 born in the grand old town 
 of Danville, Vt., May 8, 
 18'2S. His boyhood was 
 spent upon the fine paternal 
 farm at North Danville. 
 At the age of fifteen, he 
 moved with his father's 
 family to Danville Green, 
 where, at the age of 19, he 
 completed his education at [/V-y/-c^ 
 Phillips Academy. The fol- 
 lowing spring, 1848, he en- 
 tered as clerk in the store of East- 
 man, Tilton & Co. With the well saved 
 earnings of three years of faithful ser- 
 vice, he started in December, 1850, for 
 the Golden Gates in company with five 
 of his young fellow townsmen. He 
 first sold water in the streets of San 
 Francisco for a "bit a bucket," was 
 then a salesman of hardware at 1200 a 
 nmntli, and soon became an importer of 
 
 HENRY L. TILTON. 
 
 with which Mr. Tilton was potentially 
 identified in his later career. He was 
 connected with Leavitt «fc Brackett in 
 the buihling of the mills and the handl- 
 ing of extensive lumber interests in 
 Carroll, with Brackett & Tilton, deal- 
 ers in flour and with J. R. Kilburn & 
 Son., in real estate, and was a factor 
 of the building operations of the ex- 
 panding village. The firm known later 
 
 as H. L. Tilton it Co., and including 
 W. J. Bellows and C. W. Brackett, at 
 one time owned about 2.3,000 acres of 
 valuable timber land. In 1870 he com- 
 pleted Tilton Block on Main street, 
 where he was engaged in the banking 
 l)usiness, which a year later was con- 
 verted into the National Bank, of which 
 Mr. Tilton has since been a director, 
 and vice-president ten years. He was 
 also a large owner and treasurer of the 
 Union Hall. At the same 
 time he served the public as 
 treasurer of the Union 
 School District and as a di- 
 rector and treasurer of the 
 Littleton Fair Ground Co. 
 In 1S72, in company with 
 W. H.Stevens, he purchased 
 the Gile property of 125 
 acres in Littleton village, 
 laid out streets and promot- 
 ed village improvement and 
 extension. In 1881 he was 
 the projector and builder 
 of that handsome brick 
 structure, Tilton's Opera 
 Block. The winter of 18S5-ti 
 was spent by Mr. Tilton in 
 company with Ira Parker 
 on a tour of inspection in 
 the! North West, where at 
 Spokane Falls he made large 
 investments. Here this man 
 of boundless energy and op- 
 timistic views became a 
 leading factor in developing 
 that growing city, being ex- 
 tensively and for a time 
 very successfully engaged 
 in banking and real estate 
 operations, interests which 
 were large!}' depreciated by 
 the financial revulsion of 
 '93-96. The interests of H. 
 L. Tilton and family are now 
 steadily appreciating with improving 
 times. While not an active politician, 
 Mr. Tilton was a delegate to the'Na- 
 tional Republican convention of 1880, 
 was an elector on the Garfield ticket, 
 and in 1884 was one of Littleton's re- 
 presentatives in the legislature. He is 
 an out spoken temperance man, and of 
 kindly social impulses. He married 
 Caroline A., daughter of William 
 
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 Braokett in 1855, and their only sur- 
 viving child is George II. Tilton. Mr. 
 Tilton possesses to a rare degree that 
 combination of practical foresight, sa- 
 gacity and energy which have enabled 
 him to take the initiative in great busi- 
 ness enterprises. 
 
 GEO. H. TILTON. 
 Mr. George IT. Tilton was born in 
 Littleton in ISCiO, and educated in the 
 High school. At the age of 17 he went 
 into his father's office and has since 
 been closely identified with this exten- 
 sive business as book-keeper and gen- 
 eral manager. He was treasurer of the 
 I'nion Hall Co., and of the Opera 
 lilock Co. He is a member of the 
 board of education, and treasurer of 
 Littleton Musical Association, also a 
 trustee of the public library, and sec- 
 
 retary of the board. He is a member 
 and treasurer of the Episcopal church. 
 He is one of the charter members of 
 the Cohashauke Club, He married 
 Cora IL, daughter of J. S. Frye and 
 the future junior partner is George II. 
 Tilton, Jr. 
 
 BENJAMIN WEST KILBURN. 
 The subject of this sketch is in everj' 
 sense a representative man of Littleton. 
 He is a native of the town, and has 
 here built up an enterprise which con- 
 tributes to its aesthetic culture and its 
 material prosperity. He has always 
 
 been a staunch friend of moral reform fense, and later was a faithful soldier 
 and public improvement. He was of the Union. Mr. Kilburn is one of 
 
 the town's representatives to the (Gen- 
 eral Court. 
 
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 l)orn in Littleton in 1827 and in early 
 life was a founder and machinist in 
 company with his father, Josiah Kil- 
 burn. In 1858 he was united with 
 Caroline F. Burnham, and of this 
 union there is one daughter, Mrs. D. 
 C. Remich. About 1855 Mr. Kilburn 
 began to devote considerable time to 
 the camera, and soon after formed a 
 partnc'ship with his brother, Edward, 
 in the manufacture of stereoscopic 
 views, which continued a score of 
 years. His field of effort for many 
 years was the making of negatives 
 representing the scenic wonders of the 
 White Mountains, and he is an artist 
 of a high order. He has travelled 
 extensively on the continent, and his 
 collection of nearly 100,000 views 
 represents scenes in every quarter of 
 the globe. His great stereoscopic 
 works, .36 by 120 feet, four stories, is 
 a bee hive of industry and employs 
 about 60 hands in the busy season. 
 This great enterprise is the largest of 
 its kind in the world, and has many 
 imitations but no e(|uals. Mr. Kilburn 
 is a man of quiet domestic tastes, but 
 broad gauge in his affinities and of 
 resolute energy. When the nation's 
 Capitol was in peril in 1861, Benjamin 
 Kilburn, with his trusty rifle, at his 
 own expense, volunteered for its de- 
 
 HON. HENRY F. GREEN. 
 The career of Henry V. (ireen is 
 like an open book, and h:is been read 
 and approved by the people of this 
 town and county. He was burn in 
 Lyndon, Vt., in 1841. ()i)ilianc(l by 
 his father's death "he early leariieit the 
 power to pay his~clieerful self reliant 
 way." His earlier educational advan- 
 tages were very limited, but by dili- 
 gence and economy he ohtained a term 
 or two at the Poughkeepsie Business 
 college, that he later turned to good 
 account. At the age of 24 he went to 
 Indianapolis as the book-keeper of a 
 large flouring business, but soon be- 
 came general manager, and retained 
 that position some ten years. He 
 came to Littleton in 1877, and was in 
 trade four years with Charles Eaton, 
 and twelve years book-keeper at the 
 Saranac Glove factory. Mr. Green 
 served the town on its school board 
 and as a member of the building com- 
 
 
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 mittee to erect the high school build- 
 ing. A large share of his time during 
 the past decade has been absorbed iu 
 the discharge of various pul)lic duties. 
 He is serving his sixth term as select- 
 man, five terms as chairman of the 
 board. During his administration the 
 fine town building and the new steel 
 
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 bridge were erected. Ho was a town 
 representative in 1883-4. Mr. Green 
 is the chairman of the board of county 
 commissioners of Grafton county and 
 is overseer of the poor of this town. 
 He married Jennie M. Smith in 1^7'2. 
 Mr. Green has been in a large sense 
 the architect of his own fortunes and 
 deservedly possesses the esteem and 
 confidence of his associates. 
 
 T 
 
 HE LITTLETON SCHOOLS. 
 
 The replacement of the 
 old Academy by the mod- 
 ern High School, though 
 not an unmixed blessing, 
 has its substantial com- 
 pensations. The town of 
 Littleton, prior to 1867, 
 did not enjoy any sys- 
 tematic and thorough 
 courses of study for its 
 advanced students, who 
 were compelled to seek 
 elsewhere for academic 
 t;-aining. In 1867 a char- 
 ter was obtained for the 
 present Union district, a 
 conmiittee of nine of the 
 most prominent citizens 
 being elected, who chose 
 the site and erected the 
 present excellent school 
 building on High street. 
 From that day there has 
 been a steady improve- 
 ment in school methods 
 and school standards, 
 until to-day the High 
 school of Littleton occu- 
 pies a position second 
 to no other in the state. 
 There has been a constant 
 and growirig interest 
 among the parents, prob- 
 ably more marked during the past 
 three years than ever before. 
 
 This is shown in various ways : 
 in laiger appropriations, better equip- 
 ment, more teachers, but is perhaps 
 most fully shown in the largely in- 
 creased number of students who pui- 
 sne a regular collegiate course after 
 leaving the school. During the decade 
 preceding 1894 there were only two ; 
 
 in the classes of '95 and "96 there are 
 no less than seven now in college, and 
 there are several in each of the present 
 high school classes preparing for a col- 
 lege course. The classes of '95 and 
 '96 each numbered 11 members, all of 
 whom were prepared to enter some of 
 the college courses. During the last 
 three years a third teacher has been 
 • added to the High school, which has 
 made it possible to offer a more com- 
 plete course to its students than any 
 other school in Northern New Ilamp- 
 
 of some of Littleton's citizens the School 
 laboratories are splendidly equipped 
 for the study of physics, chemistry and 
 physiology, and a liberal amount of 
 time is given to experimental and prac- 
 tical work in these subjects. That 
 these facts are becoming known out- 
 side of Union District seems to be in- 
 dicated by the fact that there is an in- 
 crease in the number of tuition schol- 
 ars in the high school alone of sixteen 
 over last term, making a total regis- 
 tration of eighty-one for the present 
 term. W. H. Mitchell is 
 -^ -;(\^^5»7j^ chairman of the school 
 board, George H. Tilton 
 is secretary, and George 
 C. Furber is treasurer. 
 
 THt; KILBURN SCHOOL. 
 
 shire. The course has been much ex- 
 panded, and in fact, the same can be 
 said of the courses in Latin, Greek, and 
 the sciences. Anticipating the in- 
 creased requirements in mathematics 
 for the scientific course in colleges, ad- 
 vanced algebra and trigonometry have 
 been added this year to the Eniflish 
 course. l>y the profit of school enter- 
 tainments and the generous liberality 
 
 FRANK B. PELTON, 
 the present principal of 
 the Littleton High School, 
 is a young man of unus- 
 ual energy, culture and 
 character, and thoroughly 
 devoted to his work. He 
 is a native of Lyme, N. 
 II. Early thrown upon 
 his own resources, and 
 impelled by a strong de- 
 sire to obtain an educa- 
 tion, he pursued his pre- 
 paratory studies with 
 very little tuition, and 
 passed his entrance ex- 
 amination at the early 
 age of fifteen, in a very 
 creditable manner. He 
 paid his own way through 
 Dartmouth College, by 
 teaching and numerous 
 other business engage- 
 ments, and graduated 
 with honor from the 
 classical course in the 
 class of '93. Three years 
 later Dartmouth conferred u])on him 
 the master's degree. Mr. Pelton took 
 charge of the Littleton High School in 
 September, 1894, and has initiated 
 many important improvements, and in- 
 spired in his pupils a measure of his 
 own enthusiasm. He is a member of 
 Burns Lodge, F. and A. M. During 
 the present yc^ai' he has been ajjpoint- 
 ed by the State Department of Public 
 
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 Instruction a member of the State 
 JJoard of Examiners of Teachers. Mr. 
 Peltoii's efficient service lias been i>r()- 
 
 ductive of such excellent results that 
 it is hoped he will long remain at the 
 head of Littleton's educational institu- 
 tions. 
 
 A. D. WRIGHT & Co., HARDWARE. 
 
 Mr. Wright was born in Middlebury, 
 Vt., in 1864. After graduating from 
 the high school, he enjoyed ten years 
 of valuable experience as clerk in a 
 hardware store. Mr. Wright came to 
 Littleton in Januarj', 189(3, and estab- 
 lished himself in the hardware business 
 in Tilton block. He carries a good 
 line of shelf hardware, mechanics' sup- 
 plies, fine cutlery, tin, iron and hollow 
 ware, agricultural implements, stoves 
 and ranges. He shows an especially 
 full stock of paints, oils, varnishes, and 
 brushes. Heating and plumbing is 
 made a specialty. Mr. Wright is an 
 energetic and reliable young man. 
 His motto is "Live and let live." Re- 
 turning his thanks tor a liberal and in- 
 creasing patronage, he strives to de- 
 serve and receive a (•ontinuance of the 
 same. 
 
 JAMES BROWN, MILLER. 
 
 The old Eastman & Edson grist mill 
 
 is one of the landmarks of the town. 
 
 It was successfully conducted for many 
 
 years by Curtis, and later by Ezra 
 
 (iates, of East St. Johnsbury, and now 
 is run by another man from that vil- 
 lage. "Jim" Brown was born in 
 that burgh ;JS years ago, but has given 
 about halt' of those years to Littleton. 
 He worked seven years for Ezra Gates 
 and then ran a mill for lilanchard & 
 Co. at Lisbon four years. Seven years 
 ago he rented this mill, which had re- 
 cently been fitted up in good shape 
 with new water wheels, etc., and is 
 building up a good trade. Last year 
 he ground and sold some 54 qar-loads 
 of loose grain, corn and oats, besides a 
 large custom trade. He also sold more 
 than 800 barrels of flour, and more 
 than a dozen car-loads of feed. The 
 mill is provided with elevators, has a 
 
 storage capacity of 10 car-loads, and a 
 car-load per day can be ground all 
 right. Mr. Brown is a hard working, 
 square dealing man, and he numbers 
 among his customers such patrons as 
 Thayer's hotel, the Profile, English it 
 Bond, and other leading firms. 
 
 Charles H. Applebee. 
 Dear reader, with your permission, 
 we will spend a pleasant evening hour 
 in the hospitable home of Charles II. 
 Applebee, soldier, mill man, and black- 
 smith. Jog our subject's memory, and 
 he will conjure up his recollection of 
 primitive Littleton, the straggling 
 country village of 40 years ago ; he 
 
 will recount the scenes of camp, and 
 field, and hospital, and with his vision 
 we shall see the brave lines of blue 
 cross the deadly pontoons of Fredricks- 
 burg, and challenge death on many a 
 bloody field of strife. Miss Grace 
 
 Applebee will evoke for us the magic 
 charm of song, and music from the 
 piano as bj' the stroke of an enchantress' 
 wand. The subject ot our sketch is 
 a native and life-long citizen of Little- 
 ton, where his beaming countenance 
 and rotund figure are as welcome and 
 familiar as the rising sun. In August, 
 18()2, he enlisted in the 13th New 
 Hampshire regiment, and serving much 
 of the time for nearly three years on 
 detached duty in the ambulance corps, 
 saw many of the varj'ing phases of 
 "grim visaged war." Before going 
 south he married Harriet Randall, of 
 Lyndon, \'t., who died in 187.S. "His 
 present wife was Mrs. Mary Osgood 
 Ranlett, and their only child is Grace 
 A., a graduate of Littleton High school, 
 and an accomplished musician. After 
 returning from the tented field, Mr. 
 A])plebee was for many years engaged 
 in the lumber business in this vicinity, 
 alone, in company with others, and as 
 foreman of the Waumbek Lumber Co. 
 He purchased the old stone blacksmith 
 shop in 1883, repaired it, and has since 
 been engaged in blacksmithing. The 
 stone shop is a landmark, the leading 
 shop in town, with horse shoeing as a 
 specialty. Mr. Applebee is agent for 
 the Walter A. Wood mowing machines. 
 Stalwart, sturdy, and industrious, he is 
 the impersonation of Longfellow's 
 "\'illage Blacksmith." His substantial 
 residence is located above the shop. 
 He has served ou the village police 
 
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 force about a dozen years. He joined 
 linrns Lodge, F. & A. M., in 1867, was 
 knighted in St. Gerard Cominandery in 
 '68, in which he has since continnoiisly 
 held office, and was twice eminent 
 commander. He is also a member of 
 the G. A. R. 
 
 THE LITTLETON BANKS. 
 
 The Littleton National Bank was 
 organized in October, 1871 ; has a 
 capital of §150,000, with a surplus and 
 uiidivide.l profits of S53,444. The 
 present officers of the bank are : Oscar 
 ('. Hatch, president; George T. Cruft, 
 vice-president ; Henry E. Richardson, 
 cashier ; Charles E. Smith, book-keep- 
 er ; Charles O. Parker, clerk. The 
 ili rectors are : O. C. Hatch, C. F. East- 
 man, G. T. Cruft, C. H. Greenleaf, Ira 
 Parker, W. H. Bellows, .L H. Bailey. 
 
 The Littleton Savings Bank has on 
 deposit $1,02;?,751.00, with a surplus 
 and undivided profits of §91,965.00. 
 
 Its oflScers are : Charles F. Eastman, 
 president ; Ira Parker, vice president ; 
 Oscar C. Hatch, secretary and treas- 
 urer ; Henry O. Hatch, teller. The 
 directors are : Oscar V. Hatch, Charles 
 F. Eastman, Ira Parker, George T. 
 Cruft, William H. Bellows, Henry F. 
 Green and James H. Bailey. 
 
 ed cashier of the Nationid Bank of 
 Chelsea, Vt., and served efficiently for 
 two years, when, in 1 872, he was elect- 
 ed cashier of the National Bank and 
 treasurer of the Savings Bank of Lit- 
 tleton. In 1887 he was elected presi- 
 dent of the National Bank and has 
 since filled that position with eminent 
 success. Mr. Hatch is a Knight Tem- 
 plar and a 33d degree Mason, A. S. R. 
 An active and influential Republican, 
 he represented Littleton in 1892-3. 
 
 HON. OSCAR C. Hatch. 
 
 Mr. Hatch is a native of Wells River, 
 Vt., and after a valuable training of 
 four years as general clerk in the Na- 
 tional Bank of Newbury, he was elect- 
 
 FRANK C. ALBEE. 
 Among the genial and cultured rural 
 homes of Littleton, there are none 
 more hospitable than that of F. C. 
 Albee, who resides on the Peabody 
 farm a mile below the new bridge. 
 Mr. Albee comes of good native stock, 
 hisgrandfather being Alexander Albee, 
 an early settler. Curtis Albee married 
 a daughter of Laban Tift, a pioneer 
 blacksmith, and Frank was the eldest 
 of four sons. He was born in 1844, 
 and at the age of 20 married Amanda, 
 daughter of Horace Buck. The latter 
 soon after purchased the Peabody 
 farm which has since been the home of 
 V)0th families until the death of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Buck. The farm contains 
 about 325 acres, of which nearly one- 
 third is in mowing and tillage. Mr. 
 Albee has a fine sugar orchard of 1 300 
 trees, but the dairy is the leading 
 feature. He has served six years on 
 the school board, and is now for the 
 second year the efficient road com- 
 missioner. Frank C. and Amanda Al- 
 bee have two children, Grace and Hor- 
 ace Buck. 
 
 C. TROMBLEY. 
 The occupation of barber is not fully 
 appreciated. He is a conservator of 
 domestic happiness. It is his business 
 to keep the masculine phiz in pre- 
 sentable condition to receive the delec- 
 table good bye kiss of wife or sweet- 
 heart. .Just imagine for a moment 
 what would soon become the appear- 
 ance of the stern sex, and what results 
 would be sure to follow, were it not 
 for the faithful use of shears and 
 razor. For sixteen years Mr. Trorabley 
 has industriously plied them in Little- 
 
 ton, and if the natives go unshaven and 
 unshorn, it isn't his fault. Well, they 
 don't, to any extent. INIr. Trombley 
 enjoys a good digestion, and a clear 
 conscience, and entertains his custom- 
 
 er with such a lively flow of cheerful 
 chat, that be rises from the chair with 
 refreshed spirit, and a benevolent feel- 
 ing toward all mankind. If billards is 
 your forte, Trombley will let you shine 
 and take your cash. If you want a 
 good cigar, a plain or fancy pipe, or a 
 railroad mileage, Trombley will make 
 you happy. Call and see him in his 
 bran new quarters. No. 78 Main Street. 
 
 I. C. RICHARDSON. 
 
 was born in Littleton some 41 years 
 ago. His father, Henry Richardson, 
 was a farmer and liveryman and his 
 son naturally followed in his footsteps. 
 He attended the village graded and 
 high schools and remained at home 
 until he was 22 and then purchased the 
 Granite block, and the livery connect- 
 ed. It was then a light outfit with 
 only five horses, but Mr. Richardson 
 developed the business so successfully 
 that in '95 he sold the rolling stock to 
 G. F. Burkard for a trifle of $8000. 
 He has recently re-purchased it. A 
 prudent audacity has marked his 
 ventures. He built, bought, remodelled 
 and rented tenement houses, at titnet^ 
 
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 having as many as forty tenants. In 
 1890 he bought the old B. W. Kilburn 
 foundry and machine shop of Tilton & 
 Ooodell, and converted it into a grist 
 mill, and is doing a land office busi- 
 ness, handling from 75 to 100 car loads 
 
 mile from the village. lie has re- 
 modelled and constructed a handsome 
 front to Granite Block, which is de- 
 signed for a hotel, with 45 guest rooms 
 above the ground floor. The building 
 is four stories, with an observatory 20 
 
 completed next spring, and Mr. 
 Richardson will rent it on easy terms 
 to the right man. The guest rooms 
 are large, and its central location as 
 well as its modern conveniences, will 
 enable a live man to secure a handsome 
 
 of flour and feed per annum. Mr. 
 Richardson is a dealer in horses, live 
 stock, pressed hay, wood, in fact almost 
 everything, except millinery, hair 
 goods and musical instruments. He 
 has a good hundred acre farm onlj^ a 
 
 I. C. RICHARDSON'S NEW HOTEL 
 
 by '23 feet, which commands a fine 
 view of the valley and mountains. It 
 will be heated by steam, lighted by 
 electricity, and will be provided with 
 speaking tubes, electric bells and an 
 pJevO'tor. The bwiWing -^ill ])e ful^ 
 
 patronage from tourists and the com- 
 mercial public. Mr. Richardson mar- 
 ried Nellie Williams, of St. Johnsbury, 
 and they have two children living. He 
 is a Knight Templar and in 1891-2 he 
 represented Littleton in the legislators, 
 
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 Di 
 
 Dr. t. e. Sanger. 
 
 SaiiLTer is not only the [lioiiecr, 
 
 and the most distinguished exponent 
 of his school in northern New Hamp- 
 .shii'o, but he has left the impress of his 
 
 strong personality on the social and 
 public life of the community. He 
 conies of staunch English stock, his 
 first American ancestor, Hichard Sanger, 
 emigrating to this country in 1636, 
 settling in Ilingbam, Mass. Eleazer, 
 the great grandfather of Dr. Sanger, 
 fought in the old French war and in 
 the War of the Revolution. Eleazer, 
 his grand sire, was the .pioneer settler 
 at St. .JohBSl5H«y*^'ntre. Ezra, the 
 father of Dr. T. E. Sanger, became a 
 merchant and manufacturer at Troy, 
 N. Y., where our subject was born in 
 1832. Dr. Sanger completed his aca- 
 demic course at the St. .Johnsbury 
 Academy at the age of 18, going from 
 there to Toledo, O., where he accepted 
 a position in a drug store, applying 
 himself most assiduously for two years 
 in the study of medicine. He then 
 attended medical lectures in Philadel- 
 phia and also studied in the offices of 
 Drs. Stone and Sanborn of St. Johns- 
 bury and Darling of Lyndon. He 
 graduated from the Homeopathic Col- 
 lege of Philadelphia in 1856, locating 
 at Hardwick, Vt. He came to Little- 
 ton in 1858, where he has since enjoyed 
 a most notable professional career. 
 
 His reputation as a most skillful prac- 
 titioner was soon established, in a 
 clientage at first very, adverse to his 
 school, and his counsel has been widely 
 sought in critical cases by members of 
 both schools. In 1870 he became a 
 member of the American Listitute of 
 Homeopathy, has held all of the high- 
 est offices of the N. H. Medical Society, 
 and was the first president of the 
 Connecticut Valley Homeopathic Med- 
 ical society. Li 1871 he was appoint- 
 ed pension surgeon of the U. S. Pen- 
 sion Bureau, resigning on the advent 
 of the Cleveland administration. He 
 is at present medical examiner in the 
 K. of H. He became a member of 
 Burns Lodge in 1870 and later of St. 
 (lerard Commandery, has attained the 
 thirty-second degree 'of Scottish Rile 
 Masonry and in 1892 was elected G. C. 
 of the Grand Commandery of N. H. 
 He was united in 1856 to lanthe C. 
 Kneeland and three daughters have 
 blessed their union : Ellen I., wife of 
 Dr. E. K. Parker ; Lillian E., Mrs. F. 
 E. Green, and Catherine F. Dr. San- 
 ger has been actively interested in 
 several semi-public enterprises of the 
 village and his unfailing good nature 
 and brilliant social qualities have won 
 him a host of friends, and his perse- 
 verance and ability have secured the 
 highest professional reward. 
 
 N. W. RANLETT 
 is well known as the veteran carriage 
 and sleigh manufacturer of Littleton. 
 A tour of the mountains by coach or 
 carriage is by far the most healthful 
 and enjoyable method of seeing the 
 country, but the enjoyment is largely 
 dependent upon the vehicle used, for 
 mountain roads are liable to be rough 
 and steep in places, and considerations 
 of safety as well as of comfort demand 
 that the vehicle be strong, light, and 
 easy, and especially adapted to moun- 
 tain travel. N. W. Ranlett has been 
 engaged in the manufacture of moun- 
 tain vehicles since 1860, and the nat- 
 ural presumption is that he knows his 
 business thoroughly, and is prepared 
 to turn o.ut work that will give ex- 
 cellent satisfaction. Such indeed is 
 the fact, and the desirabilitv of the re- 
 
 sults attained is not due to experience 
 and skill alone, but also to the excellent 
 facilities available, the plant being 
 very complete and of the most ap- 
 ]>roved type. There is one shop 50 
 
 feet square, and another 30 by 85 feet, 
 l)oth of four floors. A large stock of 
 carriages, wagons, and sleighs is carried 
 and a thoroughly well-made vehicle of 
 modern style may be bought here at a 
 low figure. Carriage painting and all 
 other work connected with the busi- 
 ness, will be done in a superior man- 
 ner at short notice, and repairing of 
 all descriptions will be done to order 
 at moderate rates, the repairing of 
 coaches and mountain wagons being a 
 specialty. The extensive facilities at 
 hand enable repairs to be neatly and 
 durably carried out at remarkably 
 short notice, when haste is essential, a 
 point which touring parties will do 
 well to remember. Mr. Ranlett is a 
 native of Lancaster, and founded his 
 present business more than a third of 
 a century ago. He is naturally proud 
 of the reputation his establishtnent has 
 so long enjoyeJ, and spares no ])ains 
 to maintain it in every dc])artmeiit. 
 
 E. THORNTON SANDERSON. 
 "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." 
 A whole cotnmunity enjoys a certain 
 proprietory right in a beautiful resi- 
 dence or a stately public building; 
 
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 hence the desisiner and buikler is in a 
 large sense a public benefactor. lie is 
 also an educator of the jniblic taste. 
 Pleasant homes are conservators of 
 
 private and public virtue. The skill- 
 ful architect is a moral as well as 
 industrial factor and deserves encour- 
 agement. In Jlr. Sanderson, Littleton 
 has a desirable acquisition. He is a 
 native of Massachusetts, born in 1S75, 
 
 and received his preliminary training 
 at the well known Cambridge Manual 
 Training School, from which he gradu- 
 ated in the class of '91. He then 
 entered the office of Shepley, Rutau & 
 Cooledge, successors of the famous 
 architect, H. II. Hichardson. This is 
 one of the most notable firms in the 
 United States, with offices in St. Louis 
 and Chicago, and Mr. Sanderson here 
 enjoyed exceptional advantages for 
 studying high art. He settled in Lit- 
 tleton in 1895 and his office is in Uob- 
 inson Block over the White Mountain 
 Pharmacy. We may observe Mr. San- 
 derson's work in the L^nion Congrega- 
 tional church at Bartlett, the new 
 Haverhill Academy, the new school 
 building at Apthorp, several cottages 
 at Bethlehem, H. E. Kenney's resi- 
 dence on Pleasant street, Parker's 
 Cohashauke block, and the new Rich- 
 ardson hotel. Mr. Sanderson has a 
 brilliant future before him in his chos- 
 en profession. 
 
 MRS. E. C. YOUNG. 
 Mrs. Young began to learn the 
 milliners' trade at the age of 16. She 
 worked 18 years for Mrs. J. A. Stevens 
 
 at Littleton and seven years for the 
 ]iopular milliner, E. H. Phillips, now 
 of Manchester. With this extensive 
 experience Mrs. Young unites natural 
 tact and a pleasing address. Her stock 
 of millinery and fancy goods in Mc- 
 Coy block merits attention. During 
 the busy season she always employs an 
 expert trimmer from the city. 
 
 Noah Farr, 
 One of the most successful farmers in 
 the state. 
 
 The above illustration of the farm buildings and home of No.ih F.irr, with the accompanyinj; p )rtrait of that 
 gentleman, were received too late to be printed with the biographical sketch, which ai)pears on anotlier pajci\ 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOUENAL. 
 
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 ODERN LITTLETON. 
 
 The history of a town or a nation is 
 like the current of a river; a continu- 
 ous, inseperable movement, sometimes 
 rapid and tutnultuous, during the ju'riod 
 of some moral or political upheaval, 
 sometimes creeping with sluggish, al- 
 most imperceptible movement, through 
 the swamps of industiial depression, 
 anon rushing forward with increased 
 volume and accelerated velocity, as it 
 assimulates some great tributary indus- 
 try. Each generation is the heir of 
 others that have preceded it, and this 
 fixed capital of heredity is moulded by 
 a constantly changing environment. 
 Littleton has ever been the gateway of 
 mountain travel, and in late years guests 
 have tarried within her gates. She 
 has been saved from the moral and 
 mental inertia, the narrow and self- 
 satisfied provincialism which incrusts 
 an isolated town. Her citizens annu- 
 ally enjoy the social contact, the whole- 
 some criticism and sage suggestions of 
 cultured and travelled tourists from all 
 sections of our great republic. The 
 result is a liberal cosmopolitan spirit, 
 which is not lacking in local pride and 
 patriotism. Her wealthy and success- 
 ful men have all sprung from the rank.s, 
 and assume no superior style of dress 
 or erjuipage, and are kindly and ap- 
 proacliable to all. This universal good 
 fellowship and republican simplicitj' is 
 a charming feature of Littleton society. 
 There is no cod-fish aristocracy, and 
 "our set" is a very inclusive term. 
 The Cohasbauke Club, the great fra- 
 ternities, and the church societies, in 
 which rich and poor mingle freely in 
 social intercourse, are the solvents 
 which dissolve all artificial social dis- 
 tinctions. During the past dozen 
 years there have been no politics in 
 the election of town and village otfieials, 
 for a citizens' caucus names a ticket, 
 selected with reference to individual 
 merit and fitness. The result is a clean, 
 able, responsible administration of local 
 affairs, and the adoption of the policy 
 of pernianent impi-ovements and the 
 retention in office of men of proved 
 fitness. The community is governed 
 by moral and intellectual instead of 
 
 spirituous forces. 
 
 During the past decade the material, 
 the educational and the religious inter- 
 ests of the town have moved grandly 
 and harmoniously forward as never 
 before. Of the six religious societies 
 all have provided new accessories 
 or improvements and added to their 
 membership ; all are out of debt, and 
 all are working harmoniously and effec- 
 tively for the regeneration of society. 
 
 The history of the Littleton Musical 
 Association is unique. It has existed 
 a quarter of a century, and has never 
 failed to hold a successful annual win- 
 ter convention. It is strong financially 
 and a permanent institution. No 
 
 Rev. w. C. Litchfield. 
 
 similar instance of musical persistence 
 is on record in this state. Martha 
 Dana Shei)ard has been the pianist at 
 these festivals for 25 consecutive years, 
 and Carl Zerrahn was its patron saint. 
 Another flourishing musical organiza- 
 tion is the Saranac Band. The rural 
 residents, as well as the villagers, 
 share in these privileges and the for- 
 mer are in closer touch with the 
 serene and unseen influences of nature 
 that descend like a benediction from 
 the eternal mountains. "Then ask not 
 why to these bleak hills they cling as 
 clings the tufted moss, to bear the 
 winter's lingering chills, the mocking 
 spring's perpetual loss ; For sweet 
 
 homes nestle in these dells, and perch 
 along these wooded swells, and blest 
 l)eyond Arcadian vales, they hear the 
 sound of Sabbath bells." 
 
 Littleton is a beautiful village. It 
 has a peculiar individuality, in the 
 charming variety of color, architecture 
 and local situation of its residences. 
 Spacious old colonial villas, with por- 
 ti^jos and Doric columns, are fronted 
 or flanked by cosy, modern cottages, 
 or handsome Queen Anne mansions. 
 I'he business blocks are centred prin- 
 cipally on the south side of Main street, 
 a long and handsome boulevard, with 
 concrete pavement and granite curbing 
 through its entire length. Here also 
 is located the elegant town building, 
 Thayer's and Richardson' great hotels, 
 and four of the seven churches. The 
 slopes fronting the Ammonoosuc val- 
 ley and the mountain sentinels of 
 Franconia, are crowned with pretty 
 cottages and elegant mansions, and 
 towering above these rise the Littleton 
 and Kilburn school buildings, and the 
 summer hotels, "The Maples" and 
 "Chiswick Inn." The Ammonoosuc is 
 spanned by a fine steel bridge, with 
 massive granite buttresses, and just 
 beyond are the tasty passenger and 
 freight depots, Edson & Bailey's gen- 
 eral store, Kilburn's Stereoscopic View 
 factory, and the residential suburb 
 known as the "South Side." The past 
 half-dozen years have seen a wonder- 
 ful transformation in the exterior of 
 Littleton. A thoroughly concrete and 
 macadamized street has taken the place 
 of a former mud-hole, plank, brick and 
 dirt sidewalks have been replaced by 
 concrete, the steel bridge has been 
 constructed with a more uniform street 
 grade, and scores of the best private 
 residences have been erected, more 
 during this year than ever before. 
 Trade is well organized on the scale of 
 adequate to the public needs. There 
 are two general stores, three drug 
 stores, three jewelers, a half-dozen 
 grocery stores, one furniture store, two 
 meat markets, a fish market, three 
 hardware stores, four milliners, three 
 boot and shoe stores, four gent's cloth- 
 ing stores, two dry goods stores, two 
 stationers, three restaurants, a bakery, 
 
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 three dentists, two pliotogra]ilKTs, three 
 barbers, four liveries, three liotels, 
 three summer hotels. The manufac- 
 turies are represented by the Saranac 
 glove factory, the Littleton shoe shop, 
 two stereoscopic view shops, one steam 
 saw mill, bobbin and quill mill, marble 
 and granite works, two machine shops, 
 three carriage firms, two sash and 
 blind and lumlier establishments, four 
 blacksmiths, and three tin shops and 
 plumbers. 
 
 Five lawyers are busily employed in 
 tying and untying legal knots, six 
 ministers are empowered to tie mat- 
 rimonial knots, and to conserve 
 public morals, eight physicians facil- 
 itate births, defer deaths, and pre- 
 serve the public health so faithfully 
 that only one firm of undertakers is 
 semi occasionally employed in pre- 
 paring funeral supplies for an ex- 
 ecptionally healthful community. 
 The population of the town will 
 approximate four thousand, of 
 which nearly three thousand are in 
 the village and suburbs. The great 
 pillars which support the fabric of 
 Littleton's prosperity are agricul- 
 ture, rewarded with an excellent 
 home market local trade, which also 
 caters to an extensive and prosper- 
 ous farming community, the great 
 special manufactures of Saranac 
 gloves, stereoscopic views, the Lit- 
 tleton shoe factory, and the minor 
 local manufactures, and last but 
 not least the summer travel that 
 pays a lucrative tribute to Little- 
 ton, as the gateway, the capital, and 
 the treasury of this Switzerland of 
 America. All of these industries, 
 with the coming revival of general 
 business, will soon enjoy the noontide 
 of abundant prosperity. 
 
 The lumber business, a must im- 
 portant factor in the past, will be 
 continued, but with diminished vohuni'. 
 Littleton possesses all of the essential 
 resources for a healthy and continuous 
 growth. The village streets, all busi- 
 ness houses, and many residences, are 
 well lighted by electricity. A good 
 water supply and a live tire department 
 have hitherto secured almost complete 
 immunity from destructive fires. .Vn 
 
 excellent sewerage system is one of tiie 
 recent improvements. The town li- 
 brary, endowed with a beautiful home, 
 will be progressively increased. Hand 
 in hand with its material development 
 will go those social, intellectual and re- 
 ligious institutions that conserve so- 
 ciety, and make life worth living. Its 
 banks, railroads, factories, stores and 
 hotels are supplemented by its seven 
 religious societies, representing differ- 
 ing phases of religious belief, bj' its 
 great fraternal, patriotic, and benefit 
 
 steadily forward to the opportunities 
 of the future. 
 
 THI; AM.WOM )OM 1.- K'IWi< M-^l.' LlirLhlli.N 
 
 societies, by its excellent public school 
 system, its instructive lecture courses, 
 library and reading rooms. The tools 
 are for those who can use them. In- 
 dustry clasps hands with opportunity. 
 The citizens of Littleton extend the 
 right hand of fellowship alike to cajii- 
 tal and labor tiiat may here seek a con- 
 genial field. ^lindful of the worthy 
 examples of the pioneers, thankful for 
 dangers averted and acliievments won, 
 but intent on the duties and responsi- 
 bilities of the present, their gaze is 
 
 HON. ISAAC Calhoun 
 
 is one of the leading business men and 
 real estate owners of Grafton County. 
 He was born in Lyman in 1882, son of 
 James and I'hilena Robbins Calhoun. 
 .James Caliioun was a prosperous far- 
 mer, in early life a teacher, and an 
 original anti-slavery man. Isaac was 
 the eldest child and only son of a fam- 
 ily of seven children. He was early 
 inured to the cares and labors of 
 the farm, and his education was 
 completed at Newbury Seminary. 
 He began life as a f.inner but later 
 engaged in the lumber business in 
 Lisbon, adding the produce and 
 butcher business in which he carried 
 on an extensive trade, and soon ac- 
 quired a handsome competence. He 
 came to Littleton and bought the 
 Flanders' plaie in 1?68 and again 
 embarked in the butcher and prod- 
 uce business. At length he disposed 
 of this business and gave his lead- 
 ing attention to the management of 
 his extensive landed interests. He 
 was also financially interested in 
 the South Littleton Lumber Co., and 
 in a starch factory in Maine, and 
 owns several blocks and houses in 
 Littleton village. His residence 
 and grounds on Main street are ele- 
 gant and sightly, and a fine meadow 
 is conveniently located. Mr. Cal- 
 houn is a man of keen, practical 
 judgement, and makes farming pay. 
 lie married Miss Ldiyaett Hildreth 
 of Lisbon, and after her early death, 
 Flora, daughter of Prescott and 
 Lucy Young uf Lisbon. They have 
 an adopted daughter, Alice M., 17 
 years of age. In religious belief, 
 Mr. Calhoun is by religious faith a 
 Congregationalist. He is a member of 
 Purns Lodge, F. & A. .'\I. He is an 
 active and infiuential Republican, 
 served three years as selectman, and 
 as a representative in the State Legis- 
 lature of lSS9-'90. He takes an active 
 and abiding interest in all the public 
 and progressive movements of Little- 
 ton, and is one of the town's most in- 
 fluential citizens. 
 
WHITE MOIJNTAIN REPUBLIC-.IOUKNAL. 
 
 Parker Brothers & Co. 
 
 It is seliUim that a firm ent!;ages in 
 business wliere each ditt'erent nien)l)er 
 seems so fully adapted to his special 
 work as is the case in this firm. The 
 firm was founded in 1S91, and Charles 
 Parker, T. E. Parker, and II. II. Porter 
 are the jiresent memhera. The busi- 
 ness is the sale of standard gloves and 
 mittens to retail merchants, and their 
 trade is now well established all over 
 New England and Northern New 
 York, for si.x salesmen are usually on 
 the road. The office and warehouse of 
 the company are on the second fioor of 
 Opera block. The Parkers originated 
 in Lisbon, but for many years three of 
 the brothers have been residents of 
 Littleton, where they have been best 
 
 known to the outside public as manu- 
 facturers and salesmen of gloves of the 
 best quality, although they have suc- 
 cessfully managed other lines. Cliarles 
 Parker is a son of Silas Parker, of 
 Lisbon, and his youth was spent there. 
 lie came to Littleton in 1864. Mr. 
 Parker became treasurer and general 
 manager of the Eureka Glove Co. soon 
 after its organization in 1876, and thus 
 continued until that company was con- 
 solidated in the Saranac in the fall of 
 '89, in which corporation he then be- 
 came and has since been a director. 
 A large share of the stock of Parker 
 Brothers & Co. is obtainsd of the 
 
 Saranac Co., which is a sufficient guar- 
 antee of its merit. Charles Parker, 
 with his ample experience, is an expert 
 of rare skill, and with deft hand and 
 practiced eye selects, classifies, and 
 ships the orders received by the house. 
 lie is building for the future, on a 
 basis of the most scrupulous careful- 
 ness and business integrity, and fills 
 the position of treasurer and general 
 manager. His son, Walter H. Parker, 
 is now a successful salesman, and 
 doubtless will soon become a member 
 of the firm. H. A. Merrill is now the 
 efficient book-keeper. T. E. Parker, 
 the veteran salesman, came here from 
 Lyndon, Vt. about 12 years ago, where 
 he was engaged in the jewelry busi- 
 ness. H. H. Porter has been a resi- 
 dent of Littleton a score of years, and 
 constantly in the glove business. He 
 has invented a patent glove fastener 
 and is a first class saksman. 
 
 THE Littleton Lumber Co. 
 
 is one of the oldest and most widely 
 known of the business enterprises ot 
 Littleton, and has been an important 
 factor in the up building of the town. 
 The pioneer of the enterprise was Ariel 
 Holmes, and later Deacon Tarbell and 
 Charles Eaton were for many years 
 the leading partners. The main office 
 and retail sheds have for many years 
 been located near the passenger depot 
 and the mills are at South Littleton. 
 In June, 1896, A. W. Bean and H. D. 
 Green, both active young men of this 
 town, formed the present firm. They 
 are engaged in the sale of all kinds of 
 hard and soft wood lumber, doors, 
 windows, sash and blinds, lath, clap- 
 boards and shingles. They obtain 
 their spruce and hemlock largely from 
 mills in this vicinity, their hard pine 
 from the South, and the sash and 
 blinds from the West in car-load lots. 
 Their storage sheds, located near the 
 track, are extensive and convenient. 
 Mr. Bean is the owner of the large 
 coal and wood sheds located above the 
 freight depot. The coal shed is 100 
 feet long and has a capacity of 1500 
 tons of coal and ever^ facility for 
 screening and handling the same. A 
 car-lo.ad of coal can be unloaile<l here 
 
 in 20 minutes. The wood shed, con- 
 tains a large supply of all kinds of 
 hard wood. Mr. Bean is in the true 
 sense a self made man. He is a native 
 of Bethlehem, born in 1861, and was 
 early thrown upon his own resources. 
 He obtained a good practical education, 
 kept books, and became a fourth owner 
 in the Littleton Lumber Co. for several 
 years. He also was book-keeper three 
 years at the Saranac, and five years at 
 Zealand, and was three years superin- 
 tendent of the mills of the Littleton 
 Lumber Co. at South Littleton. He 
 married Estelle A. Chandler of Little- 
 ton. Harry I). Green was born in 
 1872, and is a son of Henry Green. 
 After completing his education at the 
 Littleton High school Mr. Green was 
 engaged in the grocery business. He 
 married Persis A., daughter of T. E. 
 Parker of Littleton. The Littleton 
 Lumber Co., under the management of 
 these active and able young men, offers 
 valuable facilities to the building trade. 
 
 John w. Farr. 
 Two and one-half miles northwest- 
 erly from Littleton is " Maplewood 
 Farm," whose owner, John W. Farr, 
 has long been well known am>)ng the 
 farmers of northern New Hampshire, 
 and also prominent among grange cir- 
 cles. This is the original homestead, 
 settled in 1802 by Ebenezer Farr, of 
 Chestci-field, to whose son Joseph it 
 descended. John Wilder Farr, son of 
 Joseph and Betsy (Daiifoi-lh) Farrj 
 
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 was born <iii the I'aim, May 26, 18'25, 
 and has spent his entire life here, vvitli 
 the exception of ten years devoted to 
 railroading in MassachusettSjNewYork 
 and Ontario. In 1857 he retni-ned to 
 Littleton, took charge of the farm, and 
 has since successfully pursued the agri- 
 cultural calling. There are 175 acres 
 of land, of which about 50 acres are 
 mowing and tillage. The annual hay 
 product is about 35 tons, which is sup- 
 plemented by oats and corn, llixed 
 farming is followed, but dairying is a 
 leading feature, the butter from eight 
 or ten cows, mostly grade Jerseys, 
 being generally sold to private custo- 
 mers. Mrs. Farr's reputation as a 
 butter-maker is first-class, her butter 
 having commanded first premiums at 
 state and local fairs, and her exhibit at 
 the World's Fair, Chicago, in 1898, 
 having been awarded a medal and di- 
 ploma. Mr. Farr first married Eliza 
 D. Phelps, of Merritton, Ont., who 
 died in 1861, leaving two daughters, 
 Etta P. and Nellie E., of whom the 
 latter, a trained nurse, only survives. 
 His present wife was Miss Alwilda P. 
 Lane of Lancaster, by whom he has 
 had four children. E<lward C, the 
 eldest son, is a farmer in the town of 
 Orange ; Myra L, is a teacher in Lit- 
 tleton, and, as well as the youngest son, 
 John W. Fan-, Jr., resides at home. 
 Mr. Farr was one of the charter mem- 
 bers of White Mountain Grange and 
 has served seven years as overseer and 
 five j'ears as master, and has been a 
 faithful and devoted member of the 
 subordinate and state granges, having 
 been four years a member of the execu- 
 tive committee in the latter body. He 
 was a charter member of Northern 
 New Hampshire Pomona Grange, and 
 its chaplain in 1890. Mr. Farr was a 
 member of the advisory council of the 
 World's Congress Auxiliary, on Farm 
 Culture and Cereal Industry, at Chi- 
 cago in 1893, and has been vice-presi- 
 dent of the New Hampshire Horticul- 
 tural Society, since its organization, 
 being an extensive and successful fruit- 
 grower. He has also been a director 
 and one of the executive committee of 
 the Grafton and Coos Grange Fair 
 Association, and a ill rector of the 
 
 Grange State Fair. He is a Congrega- 
 tionalist in religion, and a KepubliL-an 
 in politics, and was one of the repre- 
 sentatives from Littleton in the legis- 
 lature of 1895-'96. 
 
 A PTHORP. 
 
 The Tiame of Apthorp is historic. It 
 designated at one time the present 
 to vn of Littleton and the first child 
 born in town was named Apthorp. 
 The thriving village of Apthorp is 
 located about a mile from the business 
 center of Littleton village, with which 
 it is closely identified by business in- 
 terests and will within a quarter cen- 
 tury be united by cordon streets and 
 an electric road and thus become a 
 constituent part of greater Littleton. 
 For many years the scythe factory was 
 the leading enterprise and gave its 
 name to the village, bnt the principal 
 industry which has infused new life 
 into the village is the Littleton Shoe 
 Co. The village has grown steadily 
 and solidly during all of these years of 
 business depression and public im- 
 provements have followed, which in- 
 clude water supply, new school house, 
 delivery of mails twice a day, and 
 others of minor importance. The 
 growth of Littleton village will almost 
 necessarily be toward Apthorp. To- 
 pography largely determines location 
 of residence and business, and in this 
 vicinity the valley spreads out, giving 
 excellent building sites and good drain- 
 age. A succession of gaod water priv- 
 ileges on the Ammonoosue are easily 
 available for the location of manufactur- 
 ing plants. Apthorp is yet in its 
 swaddling clothes ; it has a future of 
 growth and prosperity. 
 
 EDWARD HALE WELLS 
 is best known as the genial merchant 
 and post master of Apthorp, and he is 
 closely identified with all of the pro- 
 gressive public movements of that 
 thrifty burgh. He is one of Littleton's 
 good and true men who were cradled 
 at Sugar Hill, Lisbon. His boyhood 
 was spent at Franconia, and in 1879 at 
 the age of 19, he came to Littleton as 
 clerk for Eaton ife Green. In 1882 he 
 married Miss Hattie L. Phillips of Con- 
 
 cord, Vt. In 1884 he engaged in tlie 
 b.ikery business and conducted the 
 Opera dining hall very successfully. 
 Four years later he came to Apthorp 
 and bought his present store, and he 
 was post master in 1887. Mr. Wells 
 nearly douliled his stock of goods the 
 
 first year, adding the new features of 
 dry goods and foot wear, and soon de- 
 veloped a lively but conservative trade. 
 His clerk is A. J. Brooks, also assist- 
 ant post master. Mr. Wells is active 
 and public spirited and was largelv in- 
 strumental in securing and building 
 the handsome new school house at Ap- 
 thorp, and is one of the town school 
 directors. He has one son, Harry A. 
 Wells. His present wife was formerly 
 Elizabeth Barnham, of Lawrence, Mass. 
 
 Smith Brothers. 
 The members of this firm, E. J. and 
 G. W. Smith, are natives of Littleton, 
 sons of Rufus Smith, the veteran gran- 
 ite cutter. They are both practical 
 artizans, and E. J. has enjoyed valuable 
 experience in Massachusetts, where he 
 was foreman four years for the Rock- 
 port Granite Co., and last year was 
 foreman of the stonework in the con- 
 struction of the great Holyoke <lam. 
 The firm was formed last January and 
 their shop and power plant were rented 
 of the Littleton Shoe Co. A large 
 share of their granite comes from the 
 celebrated Wetmore Jk .Morse quarry 
 of Harre, Vt. Smith Brothers are pre- 
 jiared to do all kinds of monumental 
 and building work promptly, in a 
 workmanlike manner, and at prices to 
 suit the times. The peoi>le of this 
 vicinity will show enlightened self-in- 
 terest by patronizing this valuable 
 home industry. 
 
WHITE MOUNTAINS REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 The Littleton Shoe Co. 
 
 This corporation was organized in 
 September, 1896, with the following 
 officers: D. C. Reraich, president; 
 Ira Parker, vice-president; John G. 
 ])ent, treasurer ; A. D. Nute, general 
 manager. The above gentlemen with 
 Hon. Oscar C. Hatch, president of the 
 First National Bank, J. H. Bailey, F. 
 H. English and W. 11. Bellows 
 constitute the board of directors. 
 
 The factory is 40 by 100 
 feet, four stories and basement, 
 and is located on the Ammonoosuc 
 river at Apthorp. It is run by water 
 power with an adequate steam power 
 attached, is provided with all modern 
 conveniences, and is owned by the 
 town. The company manufacture a 
 varied line of men's, boys', and youths' 
 satin calf shoes, and a full line of col- 
 ored goods in their season. More than 
 200 hands are employed, principally 
 natives of this section. The present 
 output is about 100 dozen pairs of 
 shoes per day, with a constantly in- 
 creasing demand and production. Un- 
 der the present able and conservative 
 management, the factory is the latest 
 and most important acquisition to the 
 in<lustrial prosperity of Littleton. 
 
 George C. Patten. 
 
 Where the Rankin brook leaps from 
 the hills to join the broad Connecticut, 
 nestles the little hamlet of Pattenville. 
 It was at or very near this point, that 
 .Jonathan Eastman, about 110 years 
 ago, located the first grist and saw 
 mills that supplied bread and shelter 
 to the hardy pioneers of Littleton. In 
 due time Solomon Whiting became the 
 owner of what was known as the MuUi- 
 ken mills, and his son, Robert, suc- 
 ceeded him, but u])on the latter's death 
 from an accident received in the mill 
 in 1874, George C. Patten, grandson 
 of Solomon Whiting, succeeded to the 
 property. George C. Patten was born 
 in Boston in IS.'i'i and is a son of 
 George C and Melissa Whiting Patten. 
 Our subject's father came from New 
 Brunswick to Boston and was engaged 
 in the publishing of books, but his life 
 was cut short at the early age of 28 by 
 consumption and his wife followed him 
 
 to an early grave. The orphaned child 
 found a home with his grandfather, 
 Solomon Whiting. Mr. Patten has in- 
 voked the aid of modern invention. 
 In 189.3 he put in a large cider press, 
 styled the Mt. Gilead ])ress, operated 
 by hydraulic pressure, and which 
 grinds about 750 bushels of apples per 
 day, and it receives an extensive pat- 
 ronage from the apple producers of the 
 
 vicinity. He has enlarged and re- 
 modeled the mills, and in 1895 put in 
 a 60-horse power boiler and engine as 
 an emergency fund in a time of low 
 water. Mr. Patten manufactures all 
 kinds of bill timber, shingles, and but- 
 ter tubs. He has in view improve- 
 ments which will enable him to finish 
 flooring and house finish. His farm is 
 a convenient adjunct to his lumber 
 business. Mr. Patten married Jennie 
 E., daughter of Madison Sanl)orn of 
 Littleton, who died in her eighteenth 
 year, leaving one son, Frank T. Mr. 
 Patten is a Republican and liberal in 
 his religious views. He exhibits a per- 
 severing industry, and rectitude of pur- 
 pose, that commands the respect of his 
 associates. 
 
 THE REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 The first number of the White Moun- 
 tain Republic was issued October 4, 
 1867 by Chester E. Carey, who had 
 purchased in the September preceding 
 of L. W. Rowell the printing material 
 of the Littleton Gazette, which was 
 discontinued. The Republic ofllce was 
 located in Union Block, then recently 
 erected. It was a seven column ])a])er, 
 23 by 35 inciies. Democratic in politics, 
 printed on a hand press, and the sub- 
 scription price was ^'2.00 per annum, 
 which seems like a large price at the 
 present time. Henry H. Metcalf was 
 
 editor for the first six months, after 
 which Mr. Carey took full charge un- 
 til September 1871. In April, 1868, 
 Mr. Carey moved the office to Smith's 
 block, where he remained until Feb- 
 ruary, 1871, when he again moved into 
 a building he had purchased near the 
 old brick store and fitted up for an 
 office and dwelling. September 15, 
 1871, he sold the paper and material, 
 to which he had added a Guernsey 
 power press, to Henry H. Metcalf, who 
 again moved the office to the second 
 floor, last end of Union block. Mr. 
 Carey left town and was afterward 
 connected with various papers. He 
 died in Hanover, September 25, 1896. 
 Mr. Metcalf conducted the paper until 
 April 27, 1874, when he sold the paper 
 and material to George C. Furber. It 
 was then located in two small rooms 
 and the- material from which it was 
 printed was not worth more than i5i800. 
 Larger and more commodious quarters 
 were soon needed and January 1, 1880, 
 the office was moved to the ground 
 floor of L. P. Parker's building, corner 
 of Main and Pleasant, a modern power 
 press and steam power added and the 
 plant made one of the best in Northern 
 New Hampshire. In 1880 Mr. Furber 
 started the White Mountain Record in 
 North Conway, dividing his time be- 
 tween the two, and sold a half interest 
 in the Republic to D. O. Wallace. In 
 1882 or '83 Mr. Wallace sold back his 
 interest to Mr. Furber, who from that 
 time continued sole editor and pro- 
 prietor until 1891. January 1, 1881, 
 the good will of the Haverhill Herald 
 was purchased and the subscription list 
 merged with that of the Republic. In 
 1886 larger quarters were needed and 
 the office was moved into the Nelson 
 C. Farr block where it remained ten 
 years, tin til it was moved to its present 
 location in 1896. September 7, 1889, 
 Mr. Furber purchased of .John D. 
 Bridge the Littleton Journal and the 
 two papers were consolidated under 
 the name of Republic-Journal, and the 
 size increased from four to eight pages. 
 October 1, 1891, on account of poor 
 health Mr. Furber sold a two-thirds 
 interest and the active management of 
 the paper to Willis H. Colby, and a 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOXJRN At. 
 
 year later sold Mr. Colby the remain- 
 ing third. 
 
 In January, 1895, D. B. Pluiner & 
 Co. bought the office from Mr. Colbj', 
 and A. W. Emerson assumed control. 
 In tlie spring of 1896 the office was 
 moved to its present handsome and 
 commodious quarters, and new machin- 
 ery was added, placingthe equipment far 
 ahead of that of any other office north 
 of Concord. The following November 
 the Plumer Publishing Co. was incor- 
 porated, Mr. Emerson continuing as 
 editor and manager until May of the 
 present year, when James M. W. Coop- 
 er assumed charge of the business 
 department. October 1, Mr. Cooper 
 and Allan F. Sparrow leased the 
 plant from the Plumer Publish- 
 ing Company. Last July a new 
 publication was started, The White 
 Mountain Life, a summer weekly devo- 
 ted to the resorts of the White Mount- 
 ains. Its success was assured from the 
 first number, and throughout the coun- 
 try it was pronounced the handsomest 
 and newsiest resort magazine published. 
 Much new material has been added 
 during the past three months, and fur- 
 ther improvements are contemplated 
 in the near future that will more thor- 
 oughly equip the office for rapid and 
 perfect work. An idea of the present 
 capacity of the office may be had from 
 this special number, which was com- 
 pleted in less than three weeks from 
 the receipt of the first installment of 
 copy, besides carrying on the regular 
 work of the office in both newspaper 
 and job departments. 
 
 THE SOUVENIR. 
 "The first shall be last, and the last 
 shall be first," is sometimes true, but 
 in this case the last shall be in the 
 middle, for this is the last page to be 
 printed, yet is the middle of the book. 
 In preparing this special edition, we 
 have been greatly hampered by failure 
 of the engraving company to furnish 
 the illustrations promptly, and we go 
 to press with this form without three 
 large cuts — of the shoe shop, of Hon. 
 Isaac Calhoun's residence and Warren 
 W. Lovejoy's farm. We have waited 
 until further delay means that the 
 
 edition will not be printed to circulate 
 at the advertised time, so these excel- 
 lent features must be omitted. 
 
 In other ways the work has lieen 
 hindered, yet the paper is out on time, 
 and is, we believe, as handsome a sou- 
 venir as has ever been issued from a 
 country office. More than a ton and 
 a half of fine book paper has been used 
 to print the five thousand copies, and 
 the expense can best be realized by 
 those who have had done work of a 
 similar nature; A copy of this souve- 
 nir goes to each of our subscribers, 
 and many extra copies will be sent out 
 by those who are included in the 
 sketches. We have left about one 
 hundred copies, which can be had at 
 ten cents each, which barely covers the 
 actual cost. With best wishes for a 
 merry, meri-y Christmas, and trusting 
 that this will not be the least of your 
 holiday blessings, we are, most cor- 
 dially. The PriiLisHERS. 
 
 E. C. GLEDHILL, D. D. S. 
 is located in Parker building next door 
 to Kennsy & Co's drug store. Office 
 hours from eight a. m. to five p. m. 
 daily. Dr. Gledhill has received a di- 
 ploma from the Baltimore College of 
 Dental Surgery, also holds a certificate 
 granted by the state board of examiners 
 
 in dentistry of New York, and also of 
 the state board of New Hampshire. 
 Having taken a special course in crown 
 and bridge work and being provided 
 with latest improvements for doing 
 this kind of work he feels confident of 
 giving satisfaction. All operations are 
 carefully and scientifically treated. 
 Painless extraction by the use of all 
 known aniesthetics. All examinations 
 free. 
 
 BURNS Lodge, F. & A. M. 
 Regular communications of Burns 
 Lodge, No. 66, F. & A. M., are held 
 Thursday of the week in which the 
 moon fulls, in Masonic hall, Union 
 Block. The officers are : H. K. Hal- 
 lett, W. M. ; W. F. Robins, S. W. ; 
 A. W. Coburn, J. W. ; C. F. Eastman, 
 treasurer; F. H. English, secretary; 
 J. F. Tilton, chaplain ; W. M. Silsby, 
 Sr. Deacon ; W. A. Beebe, Jr. Deacon. 
 
 Lafayette Lodge, I. O. O. F. 
 was organized about 20 years ago with 
 seven charter members, and that nuin- 
 ber has increased twenty fold. The 
 Odd Fellows' Block is a monument to 
 the enterprise of the Lodge. The 
 present officers are : B. H. Pennock, 
 N. G. ; John Woodward, V. G. ; Au- 
 gust Huron, secretary; O. AV. Hunk- 
 ins, treasurer. 
 
 THE CONGREGATIONAL PARSONAGE. 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 C. F. HARRIS iV CO. 
 The traveler will scarcely fail to 
 notice the Harris carriage works, lo- 
 I'aleil just above the village on tlie 
 Anmionoosuc river. The main build- 
 ing is o5 by 100 feet, two stories, not 
 including the elevator and two large 
 buildings for storage. It occupies the 
 former site of the scythe factory. This 
 business was founded by C. F. Harris 
 eight years ago, and in 1S92 Henry 
 -Merrill becan\e a partner, giving his 
 ]ierson;il attention to the outside busi- 
 ness antl the care of the books. The 
 following March the building was 
 destroyed by tire, ami the present build- 
 ings were erected the same season. 
 Since that time the most improved 
 machinerv has been introduced, and 
 
 Court. Harris & Co. is a strong and 
 reliable tirin, and their business is one 
 of the important recent acquisitions of 
 Littleton. 
 
 'i'lie store has a long distance telephone 
 and is connected with the ottices of the 
 leading physicians, A handsome soda 
 fountain is well patronized in its sea- 
 son. 
 
 tlie business has greatly expanded, em- 
 ploying a force of ten men most of the 
 time. The specialities of the firm are 
 the manufacture of the popular Harris 
 sprins sleigh and mountain wagons. 
 These wagons are strong, convenient, 
 stylish and safe, being provided with 
 effective breaks, and are just the thing 
 for a four or six-in-hand turnout for 
 pleasure parties. The firm also manu- 
 factures heavy farm and job wagons, 
 standard l>uggies and sleighs and their 
 goods and prices warrant careful in- 
 spection. Mr. Harris was born in 
 lS5t>, and for "26 years has been en- 
 gaged in the work of making carriages. 
 The products of his skill need no 
 recommendation in this vicinity. The 
 Harris spring sleigh receives a good 
 endorsement and patronage from the 
 best trade. Mr. Merrill is a life-long 
 citizen and an honorable and success- 
 ful business man of Littleton. He was 
 formerly a merchant tailor and has 
 represented the town in the General 
 
 THE OPERA DRUG STORE 
 is one of the most popular of the busi- 
 ness houses of Littleton. The hand- 
 some stock is displayed in the most 
 artistic and convenient style, in fact 
 the store is an object lesson of classi- 
 fication and arrangement. The stock 
 comprises almost everything in the line 
 of drugs, chemicals, specifics and pro- 
 l>rietory medicines, a large line of 
 druiruists' sundries, confectionery, per- 
 fumes and cigars. Callers may always 
 depend uj^on receiving prompt and 
 polite attention, and upon articles 
 proving just as represented in every 
 instance. Charles F. Davis, the senior 
 jtartner, is a native of Whiteiield, and 
 purchased this business a year ago. 
 He has had a dozen years experience 
 in the drug business in Whitefield and 
 Plymouth, and is a registered pharma- 
 cist. Mr. Davis' wife was nee Hattie 
 JI. Brown of Whitefield. He is a 
 member of St. Johns Lodge, No. 58 of 
 AVhitetield, and of North Star Com- 
 mandery of Lancaster. Frederick E. 
 Green, the junior member of the firm, 
 first saw the light of day at Portland, 
 Mich., 'lb years ago. He received his 
 education at the High school in that 
 place after which he obtained a posi- 
 tion with the Littleton druggists, Rob- 
 inson Bros. He continued in their em- 
 ploy for four years, leaving there to 
 complete his pharmaceutal studies at 
 the Massachusetts College of Phar- 
 macv. He received his diploma about 
 a vear ago and, previous to November, 
 was engaged in Manchester and Bos- 
 ton drug stores. On the latter date he 
 bouirht an interest in the drug store of 
 C. F. Davis «.t Co., the new firm being 
 known as Davis ifc Green. Mr. Green 
 has a superior claim on Littleton from 
 the fact that he married December 26, 
 189.5, Lillian Edith, daughter of Dr. T. 
 E. Sanger, by whom he has one child, 
 Wayne Sanger. Their affable head 
 clerk, William C. Spencer, is also ex- 
 perienced in the business, and pre- 
 scriptions are accurately compounded. 
 
 MARSHALL C. DODGE. 
 
 Situated on the Littleton rOid, jus'; 
 above the great steel bridge which 
 spans the Connecticut river, stands a 
 great square house and barns which, 
 though in good repair, were built more 
 than four-score years ago by Jonas 
 Lewis as a stage tavern. In tje old 
 days many a stalwart Vermonter, his 
 pung- loaded with produce for Port- 
 land, put up for the night, toasted his 
 shins before the ample fire-place, and 
 sipped his mug of flip while jest and 
 story went the rounds. Fred Cross, 
 now a lusty veteran of 90, residing in 
 Waterford, and, later, Horace Buck 
 were landlords. The house has not 
 been used as a tavern for about thirty 
 years, and for the past sixteen years 
 has been the home of Marshall C. 
 Dodge and his father, Levi Dodge, un- 
 til the death of the latter last year at 
 the age of 75. LeviDodge was widely 
 known as a horse doctor, or veterinary. 
 Simeon Dodge, the father of Levi, 
 was an early settler. Levi was born 
 in Littleton, and always lived here, ex- 
 cept a few years in early life spent in 
 Vermont. His two children were Mar- 
 shall C. and Ellen C, deceased, who 
 married Carlos P. Day. M. C. Dodge 
 is an excellent representative of the 
 frugal, honest, industrious, shrewd, yet 
 liberal minded and open handed Yan- 
 kee. farmer. His farm contains about 
 150 acres, some of it excellent interval, 
 and is conducted mainly as a dairy 
 farm with ten good grade Jerseys. 
 Three years ago Mr. Dodge introduced 
 a Sharpless hand separator, which he 
 has just replaced by one of the same 
 make using steam power, which tills 
 the bill perfectly as the butter shows. 
 He has recently built a silo. Mr. 
 Dodge is a Republican, but doing well 
 his part in tiie ranks, has never aspired 
 to the rewards of office. He is at 
 present one of the school directors of 
 the town. He was a charter member 
 of the Grange, and a leading stock- 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 bolder and a director in the creamery. 
 He is also a stock-holder and clerk of 
 the Littleton Biidge Co. His word is 
 his bond, and his conduct is anchored 
 to moral principle. He married Miss 
 Martha A. King of Landaft'. They 
 have three daughters, Ellen M., Alice 
 F., and Katie E. The two eldest are 
 students at the High school, and all are 
 exceptionally good scholars. 
 
 DR. W. C. E. NOBLES, 
 The joungest of the physicians of Lit- 
 tleton, has already won the good opin- 
 ion of the people by his strict attention 
 to business and his affable manners. 
 Dr. Nobles received his earliest educa- 
 tion in the High School of Rochester, 
 N. Y. He resolved to prepare himself 
 thoroughly for the medical profession, 
 and accordingly entered the Cleveland 
 University of Medicine and Surgery, 
 the first university to allow ladies to 
 enter its medical and dental depart- 
 ments on the same conditions as men. 
 It also possesses the distinction of 
 being the oldest Homeopathic college 
 in the world with an unbroken history. 
 For two years Dr. Nobles was connect- 
 ed with the gynecological and general 
 surgical clinic of the above institution, 
 which gave him an opportunity to be- 
 come a competent and skillful opera- 
 tor, he being associated with the most 
 brilliant physicians and surgeons of 
 the west. He was for one season in 
 charge of the Good Samaritan Dispen- 
 sary at Cleveland, which afforded him 
 excellent advantages, as about 20,000 
 prescriptions were issued through the 
 season. Dr. Nobles has also had ex- 
 tensive obstetrical practice in a mater- 
 nity hospital at Cleveland. He also 
 spent one summer in practice in Roch- 
 ester, N. Y. Last April, Dr. Nobles 
 established himself in practice in his 
 spacious apartments in Opera Block, 
 and is able to promptly answer calls 
 in person or by telephone. His office 
 hours are from 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 3 
 and 7 to 8 p. ra., and during these 
 hours he is always to be found in his 
 office. With such a varied and care- 
 ful preparation for work, united with 
 a high and steady purpose, a useful ca- 
 reer seems open to thisyoungphyslcian. 
 
 S. C. SAWYER, D. D. S. 
 There is no other calling or pro- 
 fession where the personal element 
 counts more than in dentistry. The 
 dentist should be not only expert, but 
 a good judge of human nature, and 
 above all, agreeable and sympathetic. 
 Sawyer beguiles the patient's attention 
 with such a flow of interesting chat, 
 that he forgets the pain and the punch- 
 ing and is almost reluctant to leave 
 the chair. S. C. Sawyer was born in 
 Bethlehem in 1845, but as an infant 
 came to Whitefield with the family of 
 his father, W. H. Sawyer. He left 
 home at the age of 17, and four years 
 
 a superior preparatiorj f<ir the preser- 
 vation of the teeth and gums, entirely 
 free from all injurious acids which is 
 well received. Dr. Sawyer is a mem- 
 ber of the State Dental Association ; 
 also of both the great fraternities. He 
 is a deacon of the Congregational 
 church and in politics a third party 
 Prohibitionist, and has been the nomi- 
 nee of that party for both the Senate 
 and House. He married in 1868, 
 Lizzie J. Burns, a granddaughter of 
 Maj. John Burns, an otticer of the 
 Revolution. They have two children, 
 Fred Burns, a dentist of Lisbon, and 
 Gertrude Prince. 
 
 later began the study of dentistry in 
 the oflice of Dr. A. W. Howland of 
 Lawrence, Mass. He soon after took 
 a course of study in the Philadelphia 
 Dental College, and settled in his pro- 
 fession at Lakeport, N. IL, where he 
 remained four years. He came to Lit- 
 tleton 25 years ago and has built up a 
 large and successful practice. Dr. 
 Sawyer keeps in touch with advanced 
 ideas and the latest improvements in 
 practice. He wholly discards the use 
 of cocaine, using instead ouehozo which 
 is approved by French and German 
 scientists, and contains none of the 
 poisonous ingredients of the former 
 substance. Dr. Sawyer has prepared 
 and placed upon the market "Sawj'ei's 
 Golden Detergent and Magic Powder," 
 
 E. K. PARKER, M. D. 
 Edwin K., son of Hullis M. and 
 Sarah Bronson Parker, was born in 
 Lyndon, Vt., in 1868. When he was 
 ten years old the family moved to 
 Littleton where he attended the Little- 
 ton High school. After leaving school 
 he entered the Saranac glove factory 
 where he became an expert workman. 
 He spent several years in that employ- 
 ment in Littleton and Warner, N. H. 
 He determined to adopt the medical 
 profession and accordingly entered the 
 office of Dr. T. E. Sanger. By the aid 
 of his skill as a glove maker he worked 
 his way through the medical school 
 and graduated with honor from the 
 New York Homeopathic Medical Col- 
 lege and Hospital in 18S8. He then 
 settled in West Cornwall, Vt., where 
 he worked up a flourishing practice 
 and gained many devoted friends 
 among his patients during the eight 
 years he remained among them. While 
 there he filled the position of post- 
 master, but after a post graduate course 
 in New York he decided to return to 
 Littleton and settled here in the sum- 
 mer of '96. Last June he married 
 Ellen Ingeborg, daughter of Dr. T. E. 
 Santrer. Amid the cherished surround- 
 ings of his early home, and with friends 
 who appreciate his sterling qualities, 
 Dr. Parker is winning a good position 
 among the people of Littleton. He is 
 a member of the Vermont Homeo- 
 pathic Medical society, the I. O. O. F. 
 and K. of P. His residence and office 
 are No. 168 Main street. 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 Harrington & Co. 
 
 Under the present system of order 
 and delivery of goods, the grocery man 
 is bruuglit into close contact with all 
 the people, and his success largelj' de- 
 pends upon his personal qualities. That 
 .1. ,1. and T. W. Harrington have not 
 mistaken their vocation is shown by 
 the steadily increasing volume of their 
 business during these hard times, and 
 in the face o f a close competition. 
 They are natives of Loudon, N. H. 
 Orphaned in childhood they became 
 the architects of their own fortunes 
 and cultivated a natural aptitude for 
 mercantile life. James clerked seven 
 years for a merchant in his native 
 
 who furnish them with a good sup- 
 plj' of fresh butter, eggs, maple sugar 
 and vegetables. Littleton has a hospi- 
 table welcome for such men as the 
 Harrington's who win success by merit. 
 
 WOODRUFF BROS. 
 
 The scriptural injunction, man can- 
 not live by bread alone, is a recognized 
 fact as applied to material affairs. The 
 man who daily supplies a choice and 
 reasonable variety of meats at the 
 doors, and at reasonable rates, is really 
 a public benefactor. The city market 
 is centrally located in Bellows Block, 
 near Thayer's Hotel, and the samples' 
 in its show window are enough to 
 
 WARREN W. LOVEJOY. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a srion 
 of a formerly very numerous family in 
 Littleton. His father, Jonathan ¥. 
 Lovejoy, was a life-long resident of 
 Littleton, and here reared a family of 
 seven children. Three of the sons 
 were gallant soldiers of the Union, 
 Charles W. and Warren W., in the 
 so-called First Rhode Island cavalry, 
 and Ira W. in the 33d Massachusetts. 
 Warren Lovejoy enlisted at the age of 
 17 and served steadily until in the 
 battle of Rapidan Station, a spent 
 shell blew off his right arm and a por- 
 tion of his hip, inflicting almost mortal 
 injuries. With an amputated arm and 
 
 
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 town, came to Littleton in September 
 '94 and engaged in the grocery trade 
 with H. D. Green in the old South- 
 worth store. After a year and a half 
 li e bought his partner's interest and 
 soon after formed the present firm. T. 
 W. Harrington had the benefit of sev- 
 eral years experience with the great 
 Boston house of Cobb, Bates & Yerxa. 
 Harrington & Co. occupy a large sales 
 loom in McCoy ]>lock, and carry a 
 good stock of general groceries, fruits, 
 farm produce and provisions, which 
 are sold at "97 prices. They run two 
 daily delivery teams to all parts of the 
 village and Apthorp. They conduct a 
 large barter trade with the farmers, 
 
 HARRINGTON & CO.'S GROCERY STORE. 
 
 tempt the appetite of an epicure. It is 
 conducted by J. E. and D. L. Wood- 
 ruff, who are natives of Burke, Vt. J. 
 E. Woodruff has had 15 years experi- 
 ence in the meat business, mostly in 
 the west, and started the business here 
 two years ago. D. L. has travelled 
 quite extensively in the south and came 
 to Bethlehem two years ago, where he 
 married a daughter of Landlord Rowe 
 of the Central House. He opened a 
 fish market, and a daily fish cart is run 
 in the season which largely supplies 
 the summer hotels. Woodruffs handle 
 the best western beef, and their order 
 and delivery wagons are daily visitors 
 in the homes of Littleton. 
 
 mangled hip he lay three days in a 
 tent almost uncared for, and for four 
 months his strong constitution fought 
 with death, at close quarters, and 
 finally conquered. He returned to the 
 paternal farm where he has lived 
 almost half a century, and where he 
 attended the declining years of his 
 aged parents. Four years ago he 
 began selling milk from one cow, now 
 he has 18 grade Jerseys. His little 
 farm of 30 acres, with eight acres of 
 mowing, cuts about 24 tons of hay. 
 Mr. Lovejoy and his excellent wife, 
 nee Emma E. Brooks, of this town, are 
 highlj' esteemed in this community 
 He i.s a member and past comnumde 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 of the G. A. R., a member of the Con- 
 gregational church and superintemlent 
 of the Sunday school, and withal a 
 genial, true hearted gentleman. 
 
 A. A. ONTHANK 
 has recently moved a nice fresh stock 
 of boots and shoes into Boylston block, 
 Main street, and proposes to sell 
 straight goods at close prices. He has 
 been engaged in the manufacture and 
 jobbing of boots and shoes for fifteen 
 years, and of course is a keen con- 
 noisseur of foot gear, and well posted 
 
 in every feature of the business. Our 
 people will find him a genial gentle- 
 man, and an obliging salesman. His 
 claim upon the public is strictly one of 
 business interest, and he will offer a 
 clean stock with a large variety, at bed- 
 rock prices. Mr. Onthank is a son-in- 
 law of Solon Simonds, chief of police, 
 and Mrs. Simonds will occupy one half 
 of the store with her select stock of 
 millinery and fancy goods. 
 
 Chiswick lodge, K. of p. 
 
 This lodge was instituted in 1895 
 with 36 charter members, but has now 
 about twice that number. Regular 
 conventions are held every Tuesday 
 night in their Castle Hall in Tilton 
 Block. The officers of the lodge are : 
 Harry F. Howe, C. C. ; Arthur W. 
 Gilbert, V. C. ; L. ,T. Crane, prelate ; 
 A. J. Bedell, M. of A. ; J. A. Fogg, M. 
 of W. ; E. B. Lynch, M. of E. ; E. G. 
 Ransome, M. of F. ; L. J. Crane, K. of 
 R. S. 
 
 New subscribers may have the Jour- 
 nal from now until April, 1899. for 
 only $1. News that is news ()rinted 
 while it is fregh. 
 
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WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JONRNAL. 
 
 Edson & Bailey. 
 
 The old depot store is one of the 
 prominent local landmarks which con- 
 nect the past generation with the 
 present. For nioie than sixty years 
 tills store has been a great center of 
 iieneral trade, a scene of bustling com- 
 mercial activity. The main building 
 was erected, and the business founded 
 away back in 1836 by Col. Cyrus East- 
 man and Mr. Colby, and for iiearly 
 lialt a century the name oi Eastman 
 was at the head of this great house, 
 t'l rough several changes in membership 
 of the firm. In 1S8'2 ihe firm 
 became Edson, Bailey ct Kat- 
 oii, and four years later Edson 
 & Bailey. The stock is tlie 
 most coiiipreliensive of any in 
 town and in many of its 
 features is both wholesale and 
 retail. It includes Hour, grain, 
 groceries, general hardware, 
 blacksmiths' supplies, paints 
 and oils, stoves, wooden and 
 hollow ware, agricultural im- 
 plements, salt, lime and ce- 
 ment. In 1S91 a grist mill 
 was put in, which, under the 
 efficient management of A. V. 
 Cutting, is a great convenience 
 in the grain business. The 
 demands of the business re- 
 (juire the constant use of two 
 delivery teams. The main 
 building, 50 feet square, util- 
 izes four stories, giving a floor 
 space of over 10,000 feet. All 
 heavy goods are orderd in car- 
 load lots. 
 
 George A. Edson is a son 
 of Samuel -Alden Edson, many 
 years a ])roniinent business 
 ness man of Littleton. Mr. Edson was 
 born in Littleton 45 years ago, has 
 always resided here, and is in every 
 sense one of the solid men of the town. 
 He began clerking for his father, later 
 engaged in the boot and shoe trade, 
 and in the meat business with J. S. 
 P'rye. For several years Mr. Edson 
 has been town treasurer. He married 
 Clara M. Longley of Massachusetts. 
 James Henry Bailey was born in Lit- 
 tleton in LS44, but moved in early 
 
 childhood witli his j)arciits to Concord, 
 Vt. lie left home at 16, came to Lit- 
 tleton, and clerked for his uncle, AVill- 
 iam Bailey. Later he was engaged in 
 the same capacity at Danville and 
 Wells Itiver, Vt., and Lebanon, and at 
 Littleton, from 1874 to 188'2 for C. & 
 C. F. Eastman, when he became a 
 member of the firm of Edson & Bailey. 
 He married Maiy M. Clough in 1881. 
 Mr. Bailey has been called by his fel- 
 low townsmen to the positions of 
 selectman and town treasurer, and is 
 at present village treasurer and a ,ij. 
 
 CATHOLIC CHURCH. 
 
 rector in the Savings and National 
 banks. He has climbed the golden 
 stairs of masonry, is a member of 
 Burns Lodge, St. Andrews Clia])ter, 
 Omega Council, St. Gerard Conimand- 
 ery and E. A. Kaymond Consistory. 
 The tirm name, Edson & Baih'y, is a 
 synonym for business capacity and in- 
 tegrity. 
 
 MRS. T. E. PARKER. 
 There are several millinery estab- 
 lishments in Littleton, but no one of 
 
 them is belter known than thiit of Mrs. 
 Parker. The business is of long and 
 honorable standing, was founded by 
 Mrs. J. A. Stevens, but since 1889 has 
 been conducted by Mrs. Parker. Her 
 store is centrally located, has an area 
 of about 1000 square feet, and contains 
 a very attractive assortment of tine 
 millinery and fancy goods, made up of 
 a full selection of staple articles, as 
 well as a tastefully chosen stock of the 
 latest fashionable novelties. Mrs. Par- 
 ker is a careful and experienced buyer, 
 and her patrons are sure to obtain 
 goods at as low a rate as can 
 be named on articles of equal 
 merit. The leading depart- 
 ment of the business is that 
 devoted to custom work, em- 
 ployment being given to three 
 assistants during the season. 
 Mrs. Parker gives particular 
 attention to ladies' hair work, 
 and is prepared to take orders 
 for the same. She gives her 
 careful, personal attention to 
 all work, and is deservedly 
 securing an excellent patron- 
 age. This is due very largely 
 to a well grounded confidence 
 in her taste, ability and fair 
 dealing, attested by a long and 
 ■vtended experience. No ef- 
 fort is spared to keej) in touch 
 w ith the latest styles and best 
 models in every department. 
 Mild with what success is 
 liowii by the appreciation of 
 wideand select patronage. 
 
 J. D. Campbell. 
 
 Mr. Campbell came to Lit- 
 tleton last April. He served 
 a regular apprenticeship at the tail- 
 or's trade, has had over twenty years 
 experience, much of the time in city 
 trade, keeps in touch with the latest 
 styles, and is prepared to guarantee 
 satisfaction in workmanship and ma- 
 terials. The ])ul)lic is cordially invi- 
 ted to call and inspect his stock and 
 work, in handsome quarters in Rounse- 
 vel Block, under the Kki'UBLIc-.Iouk- 
 XAL office, Main street. No better ser- 
 vice can be had in this section. 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 Remly S. Sidelinger 
 Wasboin in llocklaiid, Me., January 
 14, 18.58, of German stock that landed 
 in Waldoboro in 1743. He came to 
 the Granite State in 1892 as editor of 
 the Gorham Mountaineer. His life as 
 craftsman, soldier, journalist, and 
 
 preacher would be interesting reading, 
 but, with true modesty, he refrains 
 from appearing before our readers as 
 a hero. He is known here chiefly as 
 proprietor of "Side- 
 linger's German Lo- 
 tion." It is a wonder- 
 ful article for the hair, 
 scalp, skin, and com- 
 plexion, discovered by 
 his grandmother half 
 a century ago. Many 
 of Littleton's best 
 known citizens join 
 with him in saying 
 that her discovery has 
 been a boon to human- 
 ity, as it is found to 
 be almost an indis- 
 pensable toilet article, 
 when one has <mce 
 "iven it a trial. 
 
 dences of good management and pros- 
 perity evinced by their neat and hand- 
 some carriages and harnesses, and 
 stj'lish well groomed horses. They are 
 natives of Concord, Vt., sons of Jacob 
 Richardson, a highly respected citizen 
 of that town. Fred E. married Letie, 
 and Frank M., Theda, daughters of L-a 
 Lewis of Concord. F. M. Richardson, 
 after a successful e.^perience of one 
 year as clerk in the Stewart house at 
 Island Pond, and two years in the 
 Littleton house, wa» for a j'ear manager 
 of the Littleton house. The present 
 firm was formed in 1891 when they 
 purchased their stable and also for two 
 years conducted the Littleton house. 
 During the past four years they have 
 given their entire attention to the 
 livery business with increasing success. 
 They conduct one of the largest and 
 best appointed livery stables in New 
 England, employing 25 horses through- 
 out the year, and 35 during the sum- 
 mer season. In carriages they are 
 prepared to furnish anything from a 
 six-in-hand tally-ho coach to a light 
 single sulky. They have some very 
 stylish hitch ups, including a pair of 
 Rocky Mountain drivers. They have 
 charge and furnish teams for the town 
 
 straw. They own a ICU-acre farm in 
 Concord. F. .M. Richardson is one of 
 the village commissioners and secretary 
 and treasurer of the Littleton Driving 
 Park Association, of which F. E. is a 
 director. 
 
 L. E. Bedell 
 Is a Jeffersonian by birth, a Littletonian 
 by choice, and a liveryman by occupa- 
 tion. "He was not always tlius." For 
 many years Mr. Bedell perambulated 
 the hills and valleys of nortliern New 
 
 L. E. BEDELL'S LIVERY STABLE. 
 
 Hampshire, in the employ of A. L. 
 Bailey and others, gladening the hearts 
 and relieving the pocket books of the 
 people, by the introduction of pianos 
 and organs. Do you 
 want a good livery 
 team for pleasure or 
 profit? Bedell will be 
 pleased to furnish you 
 a single or double rig, 
 a three seated surrey, 
 or a four or six-in- 
 hand at reasonable 
 rates. He has five 
 well groomed spans in 
 his stable on Jackson 
 street, near the Re- 
 
 PUBLIC-JoUKX AL of- 
 fice. 
 
 F. E. & F. M. RICHARDSON. 
 
 It was with feelings of genuine 
 pleasure that we strolled through the 
 well appointed stable of the liichard- 
 son Brothers, and noted the many evi- 
 
 F. E. & F. M. RICHARDSON-S LIVERY STABLE. 
 
 hearse. They are perfectly familiar 
 with all points of scenic and historic 
 interest, and have recently engaged 
 the services of M. A. Eaton, who is 
 well known to the traveling public. 
 They take boarders, and sell hay and 
 
 J. B. KITCHEN. 
 J. B. Kitchen has 
 been nine years in 
 the photograph business in Littleton, 
 and his \vork speaks for itself and for 
 him. He has had 22 years experience, 
 and can furnish pbolograplis of all 
 styles and grades. He is located in 
 Tilton Block, over the postoffice. 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOUBNAL. 
 
 CARANAC buck glove CO. 
 
 Buckskin gloves, an Anu'rican prod- 
 uct, liave buen extcnsivcl^y in;iniifac- 
 tiu-i'il in several states, but tlie leadinu; 
 and representative iirni now engaged 
 in their pcoduction in this country is 
 unquestionably tiie Saranac Buck 
 (tIovc Co., of Littleton. It has grown 
 in a few years from tlie most humble 
 l)eginnings to its present ample dimen- 
 sions, as the most important industry 
 of the village, with an annual produc- 
 tion of 50,000 dozen pairs of gloves. 
 This unparalleled success has been 
 achieved by the enterprise of the pro- 
 prietors in the adoption of improved 
 
 glove far superior to all others in the 
 re(juisites of pliability, durability ami 
 strength. They are inpervious to 
 water and will not stiffen by wetting. 
 Tliis company has the entire control of 
 the right to manufacture by the patent 
 process called Saranac, and their goods 
 are 8hi|)ped diiect from the factory. 
 They also make a glove by a somewhat 
 rlifferent process that is heat resisting 
 and is not affected by steam or hot 
 irons, and is particularly adapted to 
 the use of railroad men. H. H. Porter, 
 a former employe, invented and paten- 
 ted a convenient glove fastener which 
 is a "snap." Ira Parker has been the 
 master spirit of this enterprise from its 
 
 came to this country 20 years ago. 
 He commenced at the bottom of the 
 ladder, and by industry and capacity 
 worked his way n\) step by step, be- 
 coming so thoroughly mastei' oi every 
 detail of the business that on the re- 
 tirement last year of Ira Parker, the 
 founder of this enter])rise, from the ac- 
 tive management and suj)ervision, Mr. 
 Langford was appointed by his special 
 request. He is a representative Eng- 
 lish American, and emphatically a self- 
 made man. He married Miss Blanche 
 Libbey, daughter of II. C. Libbej'. 
 The location of this great industry on 
 the Ammonoosuc, near the center of 
 the village, is on the site of the large 
 
 
 M^ 
 
 methods, which have secured superioi- 
 productions. Jiy the new method of 
 tanning, which preserves the excellent 
 (juality of the skins, a soft, pliable 
 glove is produced which surpasses for 
 durability any ever before made. In 
 the old method of tanning, the grain 
 was removed. The process adopted 
 by this company has overcome the for- 
 mer ditliculties, and bids fair to revolu- 
 tionize all previous methods. 
 
 In 1866, Ira Parker, of Littleton, 
 began experiments to test the adapt- 
 ability of the Page process to the 
 preparation of leather for gloves. His 
 researches were rewarded with great 
 success, and he was able to produce a 
 
 SARANAC GLOVE WORKS. 
 
 inception. He was the proprietor un- 
 til 1875, when the firm of Ira Parker 
 & Co. was formed which was suc- 
 ceeded in 1889 by the Saranac Glove 
 Co., incorporated with a capital of 
 8125,000, with Ira Parker as general 
 manager. The present officers are : 
 president, II. C. Libbey, an extensive 
 lumber dealer of Lisbon, N. II. ; vice- 
 jiresident, Dr. T. E. Sanger ; treasurer, 
 Ira Parker; general, manager, Robert 
 Langfoid. The directors are the offi- 
 cers already named and Charles Park- 
 er, Lewis H. Parker, and George K, 
 Armstrong, one of the salesmen. Rob- 
 ert C. Langford, the efficient general 
 manager, is a native of England, but 
 
 woollen mills which burned in 1888 
 The present tannery was built the next 
 year, and is 65 by 200 feet, three stories 
 and a basement. The glove manufac- 
 tory is 75 by 175 and three stories 
 in height. The propelling powers of 
 this great plant consist of a 210 horse- 
 power engine of Cycloidal Atlas make, 
 of a 135 horse-power water wheel for 
 the tannery, and of a 40 horse-power 
 wheel for running the stitching ma- 
 chines, also two 100 horse-power boil- 
 ers. 
 
 The company has an electric light 
 plant that supplies 700 lights, running 
 two dynamos. It is highly interesting 
 to enter the great tannery where 40 
 
White mountain republic- journal. 
 
 men are employed, observe the laby- 
 rinth of powerful machinery, and trace 
 the successive processes by which crude 
 hides are converted into elegant and 
 durable gloves, but space forbids more 
 than an outline. The skins arc first put 
 into vats containing water, and soaked 
 until thoroughly soft when they are 
 whirled in great revolving drums and 
 still further softened before going into 
 the lime vats. After tanning they are 
 passed through a splitting machine, 
 with a daily capacity of 1200 skins, 
 which leaves them of uniform thick- 
 ness. They are then smoothed on buff- 
 ing wheels, colored by various chemi- 
 cals and analine dyes, and elevated to 
 the drying rooms which are thoroughly 
 equipped with steam pipes to facilitate 
 the drying. The tanning and coloring 
 process occupies from two to three 
 weeks, and the principal of several in- 
 gredients used in tanning is gambler, 
 an eastern product. They are staked 
 or stretched when they reach the cut- 
 ting room, then classified and cut by a 
 working force of 40 men, using dies 
 introduced about 1880. The stitching 
 is largely performed by ladies. The 
 stitching machines for making gloves 
 were introduced in 1885. Formerly all 
 of the cutting and stitching was done 
 by hand. After making, the gloves are 
 buttoned, laid off and treed on brass 
 hands filled with steam. Each glove 
 is carefully inspected by an expert to 
 detect imperfections, when they are 
 assorted and classified according to 
 style, quality, and size, and packed in 
 pasteboard boxes, which are manu- 
 factured by the company, and are ready 
 for shipment direct to dealers. Fully 
 three-fourths of the gloves are made of 
 buck skin, many of which are lined 
 with lamb skin of different styles which 
 are obtained from Europe. 
 
 The plant is thoroughl}' equip])ed 
 with every modern convenience. A 
 well filled store house capable of hold- 
 ing 5000 skins is near the mill, to 
 which annually come about two-thirds 
 of all the deer skins produced in the 
 West and North-west, besides many 
 from other localities. Deer from India, 
 otter from British America, lamb skins 
 from Europe ; thus the ends of the 
 
 earth arc brought together to make 
 Saranac gloves. The facilities of the 
 company enable them to promptly fill 
 all orders, some amounting to many 
 thousand dollars. The entire output 
 is handled by the jobbing trade. The 
 importance of this great industry to 
 the business interests of Littleton is 
 seen in the wide reputation of the 
 Saranac and steam proof goods, and 
 can scarcely be over estimated. 
 
 RENFREW Bros. 
 Prominent among Littleton's hus- 
 tling young business men are the 
 Renfrew Brothers, dealers in men's 
 and boys' clothing and furnishings, 
 hats and caps. John S. and Irvin C. 
 Renfrew, sons of .John and Maria 
 Harvey Renfrew, are natives of Cale- 
 donia county, Vt. The Renfrews 
 
 RENFREW BROS.' STORE. 
 
 were among the earliest of the staunch 
 Scotch settlers of Ryegate, Vt. John 
 S. took a course at the Troy Business 
 college and then received two years of 
 practical experience in the clothing 
 store of Bellows & Son. He was then 
 engaged for two years with a large 
 clothing house in Boston, after which 
 he was head clerk for Bellows it Son. 
 I. C Renfrew attended Peacham Acad- 
 emy under Hon. C. A. Bunker, and at 
 the age of 17 opened a job printing 
 office and stationery store at South 
 Ryegate, which he conducted success- 
 fully for five years. He then recuper- 
 ated his somewhat impaired health by 
 service as porter at the Oak Hill house. 
 Renfrew Bros, engaged in the clothing 
 business in September, 1890, at first, 
 and for five years, in the Smillie block. 
 
 In 1895 they located in their present 
 spacious quarters in the Bugbee block. 
 Their business has steadily increased 
 and their stock has doubled till it is now 
 one of the largest and best in northern 
 New Hampshire. They have adopted 
 the policy of closing out all unsalable 
 goods each year at prices that command 
 a sale. John S. married Luella, daugh- 
 ter of Levi Barnard of Lunenburg, 
 and Irvin C. married Ilattie J., daugh- 
 ter of Henry G. liollins of Newbury. 
 Both families are blessed with two 
 daughters and a son. 
 
 benj. f. page. M. D. 
 The subject of this sketch is a Little- 
 tonian by birth, and later a resident 
 and practitioner, but his boj'hood and 
 school days were spent in Burke, Vt. 
 His father was Benj. Page, and Hon. 
 S. B. Page, of Woodsville, is an elder 
 brother. Dr. Page completed his 
 academic training at Newbury Semin- 
 ary, then in its palmy days. He be- 
 gan reading medicine in the office of 
 Dr. H. L. Watson, then of Newbury, 
 and continued his reading with Dr. 
 Charles H. Boynton, of Lisbon, whom 
 he also assisted in practice. Dr. Page 
 enjoyed the wholesome experience of 
 teaching, which also contributed largely 
 to his educational expenses. He pur- 
 sued three courses of medical study at 
 U. V. M., from which he graduated in 
 18t)7 at the age of "24. He married 
 Caroline, daughter of John, and sister 
 of Maj. Evarts Farr, and settled in 
 practice in Lisbon for about five years. 
 He then moved to East St. Johnsbury 
 where he practiced nine years, build- 
 ing up quite an extensive clientage 
 some of w'hich he still retains. Since 
 1881 he has practiced and resided in 
 Littleton. Dr. Page is a member of 
 the White Mountain Medical Society, 
 and also of Burns Lodge, F. it A. M. 
 He has two children living, Dr. .John 
 M. Page of this town, and Elizabeth 
 C. Page, a student at .Mount Holyoke 
 Seminary. 
 
 DR. JOHN M. PAGE. 
 John M. Page was born in Lisbon 
 in 1871. He is a son of Dr. B. F., and 
 Caroline Farr Page of this town, and 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 his later school days were spent in the 
 Littleton High school from whicli he 
 graduated with credit, lie began read- 
 ing medicine with his father, and pros- 
 ecuted his studies at the medical de- 
 partment of U. V. M. with such ability 
 that at his graduation in 1893, he won 
 an honorary degree as making one of 
 the five best records of scholarship of 
 his class. He naturally chose his native 
 town as the scene of his professional 
 labors. His office is in the Robinson 
 bUick. Ur. Page is only on the thresh- 
 old of his career, but with an excellent 
 heredity, a buoyant temperament and 
 tiiorough scholarship we predict for 
 him a successful career. He is a mem- 
 ber of the White Mountain Medical 
 Society and of Burns Lodge F. & A. M. 
 
 as a thoroughly reliable and skillful 
 workman, and his line of business is a 
 great convenience to the wheelmen of 
 
 G. H. Merrill 
 Is a good representative of the ingen- 
 ious, industrious Yankee mechanic. 
 He was born in Landaff, X. H., 48 
 years ago, and his early life was spent 
 in that town. He married a daughter 
 of ,T. F. iSIorse of Easton, and in com- 
 pany with his tather-in-law erected a 
 steam saw mill and operated it several 
 years. Some 20 years 
 ago he came to Little- 
 ton and for several 
 years conducted a ma- 
 chine and repair shop. 
 When the Saranac 
 (iiove company intro- 
 duced their machinery, 
 Mr. Merrill's services 
 were secured for tak- 
 ing charge of the ma- 
 chinery, and the in- 
 struction of new hands 
 in its operation, where 
 his services were ac- 
 ceptably retained some 
 di.zen years. In 1893 
 he started his present 
 business of general 
 machine and repair 
 shop for light work, 
 near Opera Block, 
 Main street. He does 
 almost everything in this line but 
 his specialty is tiie repair of bicycles, 
 sewing machines, guns and revolvers. 
 Naturally ingenious, he is well known 
 
 this section. lie carries a full line of 
 bicycle supplies, thus being able to 
 repair wheels at short notice and sav- 
 ing the expense of sending them away. 
 His only child, Harry A., is the efficient 
 book-keeper for Parker Bros. & Co. 
 
 just completed at a cost of $!3'2,000. 
 The proprietor is a Hollander by de- 
 scent, a native of So. Framingham, 
 Mass., and about 30 years of age. He 
 was born and bred a gardener. After 
 leaving the high school of his native 
 city he went to Holland, and graduated 
 in .1889 from the agricultural college. 
 He returned to Massachusetts and en- 
 gaged in the gardening and green- 
 house business with his father until in 
 1895 he came to Littleton and took 
 charge of the greenhouses of Ira Par- 
 ker for one year, and then bought (he 
 G. W. Richardson homestead and has 
 here erected his two greenhouses, 
 each 20 bj' 100 feet. His specialties 
 are cucumbers, asparagus, celery and 
 tomatoes. He has just commenced to 
 sell his cucumbers, which are sent 
 direct and by express to the jobbing 
 trade. He personally supervises the 
 packing and guarantees safe delivery. 
 It is an interesting sight, in this sub- 
 arctic winter, to see those luxuriant 
 jjlants, bending with their ripening 
 fruitage, ready to supply the epicurean 
 tables of the great cities. 
 
 A. A VOORNEVELD'S GREENHOUSES. 
 A. A. VOORNEVELD. 
 The most recent, and certainly a 
 most valuable enterprise in Littleton, 
 the greenhouse of A. A. Voorneveld, is 
 
 E. FLINT, JEWEJLER. 
 Mr. Flint is today 
 the senior merchant of 
 the town of Littleton 
 who has been continu- 
 ously in the same 
 business. He is a na- 
 tive of Massachusetts, 
 born in 1845, and 
 commenced learning 
 the watch-maker's 
 trade at the age of 
 seventeen. In 1870 
 he located in business 
 in Littleton, beginning 
 with a small stock but 
 adding new features 
 from time to time as 
 his trade and capital 
 increased, until he has 
 now established a sub- 
 stantial business. In 
 1882 he entered his 
 present handsome^; and spacious quar- 
 ters in the then newly erected Tilton 
 Opera Block. Mr. Flint's extensive 
 stock of watches, jewelry and silver 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 ware is very tastefully and convenient- 
 ly displayed in elegant cases. He also 
 carries a good line of camera goods, 
 pocket cutlery and optical supplies, 
 havingsuitable arrangements fortesting 
 eyesight, guns, ammunition and sports- 
 men's supplies. The range of articles 
 in each line is from the plainest to the 
 
 more elaborate and elegant with cor- 
 responding prices to suit the times. 
 Mr. Flint has a costly regulator and 
 his store is the place to ascertain the 
 standard time. The repair of watches 
 and clocks is promptly attended to 
 with Mr. F. M. Hunker as a skillful 
 assistant. Mr. Flint's long and suc- 
 cessful experience has made him es- 
 pecially familiar with the public taste 
 and the requirements of trade, and the 
 public have learned to rely implicitly 
 on his judgment and integrity. He is 
 identified with both of the great frater- 
 nities and is the Chief Patriarch of 
 Littleton Encampment, I. O. O. F. 
 
 FITZGERALD & BURNHAM. 
 
 At Fitzgerald is a native and life- 
 long resident of Littleton, and for 45 
 years has followed the same business 
 at his present stand, and is without 
 doubt the senior continuous business 
 man in the village. When a young 
 man of 23 he bought the sash and blind 
 factory of Kimball ifc Wallace, and was 
 in company with L. T. Dow 2'2 years. 
 They ilid a very extensive business, 
 
 employing nearly 30 hands, and fur- 
 nished the doors, sash and blinds for 
 the White Mountain hotels. The mill 
 was burned in 'G"J, but the present 
 building, 40 by 55, was soon erected. 
 H. B. Burnham became a partner in 
 1881. They manufacture and deal in 
 doors, sash, blinds, and window frames, 
 and make to order mouldings, brack- 
 ets, eave spouts, hard wood flooring 
 and sheathing, and do planing, match- 
 ing, and scroll sawing. They keep on 
 hand a stock of stair newels, banisters 
 and stair rails. H. B. Burnham is a 
 native of Littleton, a carpenter and 
 joiner by trade, and served three years 
 in the Civil War in the 13th New 
 Hampshire regiment. 
 
 JAMES H. SMALLEY 
 is one of the live progressive mer- 
 chants of Littleton, and his store is 
 headquarters in this section for every- 
 thing in the line of straps and buckles, 
 and horse and carriage furnishings. 
 He has for sale the finest lot of strictly 
 first class hand-made driving harnesses 
 we have seen for many a day. He also 
 has a cheaper grade of sale harnesses 
 and an extensive stock of trunks and 
 valises which he is prepared to ex- 
 change for silver certificates, or gilt 
 edge promissory notes on short time. 
 He conducts a harness shop assisted by 
 
 workmanlike manner, and at call again 
 prices. James H. Smalley was born 
 in Lebanon in 1838, where he attended 
 school and learned the harness busi- 
 ness. He is a railroader from way 
 back. He rode the locomotive up to 
 Wells River and for two years did the 
 switching in the yard. In the days of 
 the old White Mountain railroad he 
 was a fireman for Ike Sanborn on the 
 Mountain Maid and other machines of 
 blessed memory. Later he was in the 
 harness business with Truenian Stev- 
 ens. In the season of mountain travel 
 Smalley was many years the dauntless 
 admiral of the fleet on Echo Lake. 
 During the past dozen years he has 
 given exclusive attention to the har- 
 ness business. He has enlarged his 
 block on Main street to the three-story 
 altitude, and is all ready for the boom 
 which is sure to come. Mr. Smalley 
 works and deals upon the square. 
 
 his son, Edwin B., and a couple of 
 good workmen, and is pi'epared to do 
 new work or repairing in prompt, 
 
 Lane & Bailey. 
 
 Centrally and conspicuously located 
 in Opera Block is the Opera Cloth- 
 ing Company, conducted by Lane «fe 
 Bailey. This business was founded in 
 1881 by G. E. Lane, a brother of the 
 partner, who sold to the present pro- 
 prietors in 1890. They carrj' a heavy 
 stock of men's clothing, furnishings, 
 hats and caps. Both partners are keen 
 connoisseurs of clothing, reliable deal- 
 ers and accomplished salesmen. Lane 
 & Bailey are to be reckoned with by 
 competitors as well as customers. 
 
 Charles M. Lane was born and bred 
 on a strong and stony Lunenburg farm, 
 where he learned the value of time 
 and money, but concluded that he 
 could better employ his time and earn 
 his money, and fulfill his mission of 
 doing good, elsewhere. Accordingly 
 he went to Lancaster and clerked in a 
 large clothing house from 1879 until 
 the formation of this firm. 
 
 E. C. Bailey was born in Newburj', 
 Vt., in 18fi"2, a son of E. F. Bailey, and 
 was reared upon a farm. His groat, 
 great grandfather was General Jacob 
 Bailey, the original proprietor of the 
 town, and the bright particular star in 
 Newbury's galaxy of Revolutionary 
 heroes. His son. Col. John Bailey, 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN EEPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 was a distiiiguishod olticer of the Green 
 Mountain Boys, and the family con- 
 tributed largely to the patriotic cause. 
 E. C. Bailey does not bank on ancestry, 
 but on clothing, and stands squarely 
 about 200 pounds on his own shoe 
 leatlior. lie also sought employment 
 in Lancaster, at first in telegraphy, but 
 later and for seven years with the 
 great firm of Kent it Son. 
 
 .Messrs. Lane ife Bailey are too well 
 known to the business public of Little- 
 ton and vicinity to need any special 
 recommendations. Their motto is : 
 "Square dealing and fair prices," and 
 they live up to it, too. 
 
 F. A. WATSON & Co. 
 
 Littleton has long been known as an 
 advantageous purcliasing center, and 
 the town is now rapidly increasing its 
 reputation in this respect, for at pres- 
 ent new and standard goods can be 
 biiught here cheaper than ever before. 
 None of the recently added enterprises 
 in town is more worthy of praise and 
 support than F. A. Watson & Co., and 
 we are pleased to say that they are 
 getting both. They occupy spacious 
 and newly finished quarters in Parker 
 lilock, next door to Thayer's Hotel. 
 They carry a choice and fresh stock of 
 standard and fancy groceries, fruits, 
 tobacco, canned goods and confection- 
 ery, and tiieir store is as neat and tidy 
 as a lady's parlor. Both Mr. Watson 
 and his partner, Mr. Ide, are live men, 
 and devote themselves closely to busi- 
 ness. Their cfhcient clerk is Mr. E. E. 
 Piurnham. 
 
 F. A. Watson is a native of Littleton 
 and is a son-in-law of Mr. Ide. Joseph 
 ide was a well-known tanner and citi- 
 zen of Waterford, and the Ides are an 
 extensive and very prominent family 
 of Tioitliern Vermont. 
 
 H. A. JACKMAN. 
 The people of Littleton can have no 
 cause for complaint in the service of 
 their meats, for the two markets are in 
 the hands of hustling young men. H. 
 A. Jackman is a native of Bath, but 
 has been a resident of Littleton most 
 of the time for the past fifteen years. 
 He has had six or eight years experi- 
 
 ence in the meat business, and uiuler- 
 stands it to the tenth decimal point. 
 He started his present market last 
 January, in Opera Block, and is doing 
 a lively business on the basis of large 
 sales, quick returns, and small profits. 
 He handles both native and western 
 beef, and every variety of meat usually 
 found in a first-class market. He is 
 prepared to cater successfully to all 
 kinds of trade, and is in a position to 
 fill all orders at short notice, and at 
 the lowest market rates. His cart 
 makes the daily circuit of Littleton 
 and Apthorp, under the able care of L. 
 F. Bean. 
 
 church. He has made a specialty of 
 surgery. He has been health officer of 
 the town and is a member of the K. of 
 P. and of Burns Lodge, F. & A. M., 
 and readily adapts himself to all classes. 
 
 William J. Beattie, M. D. 
 The subject of this sketch was born 
 in Ryegate, Vt., in 1864, a son of Rev. 
 .James M., and Margaret Nelson Beattie. 
 He is of thorough bred Scotch lineage, 
 and inherits the powerful physique, 
 moral fibre, and inflexible perseverance 
 of the race. His father, though born 
 in Newburgh, N. Y., received bis theo- 
 logical training at Edinburgh Univer- 
 sity. Lie became a prominent theo- 
 logian of the Covenantes faith, and en- 
 joyed in Ryegate a continuous pastorate 
 of more than 40 years. He was also 
 intimately identified with the educa- 
 tional interests of his section as a 
 trustee of Peacham Academy and as 
 town superintendent of the schools of 
 Ryegate for many years. William J. 
 Beattie is one of a family of six child- 
 'en, of whom a V)rother, Wilson, and a 
 sister survive, and with them at Rye- 
 gate resides his mother. William J. 
 was educated at Peacham and St. 
 Johnsbury Academies. He commenced 
 reading medicine in 18S4, while at- 
 tending the Academy, in the office of 
 Dr. Xewell, of St. Johnsbury. The 
 next year he entered Bellevue Medical 
 IIosj)ital College, of New York, from 
 which he graduated in 1889, mean- 
 while serving one year in the hospital 
 by appointment. He came to Littleton 
 in April, 1890, soon married Elizabeth 
 R., daughter of the late Dr. C. M. 
 Tuttle, and has since pursued his pro- 
 fession here with great energy and suc- 
 cess. His office is in his handsome 
 residence next to the Congregational 
 
 FRANK I. Parker. 
 In this age of unrest and dismem- 
 berment, it is rare to find a family 
 whose successive generations have 
 enjoyed the solid advantages of a per- 
 manent home. Frank I. Parker is the 
 best, if not the only representative in 
 town of that idea. His great grand- 
 father, Jonathan Parker, came to Lit- 
 tleton in 1802, from Wetherstield, 
 Conn., and settled on the fine Amnio- 
 noosuc valley farm, which has since 
 been the home of four generations of 
 his descendents. Isaac, the son of the 
 
 pioneer, Luther Adams the grandson, 
 and Frank I., the present euterprising 
 owner of the homestead and his child- 
 ren have here found a home. Isaac 
 married Anna, daughter of Elkanah 
 Iloskins, a Revolutionary soldier. Lu- 
 ther A. married Lydia W. Chamberlain, 
 and their two children are Frank I. 
 and Ann Elizabeth, Mrs. Frank Shej)- 
 ard. Frank I. was born in ISTiO, and 
 married Susan E. Jones and after her 
 death Harriett C. Orr, by whom he 
 has two children, Albert L. and Susie 
 May. Mr. Parker is one of the lead- 
 ing farmers of Littleton, and conducts 
 a large milk ranch with about 85 cows. 
 He has a tine sugar orchard of 1100 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN EEPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 trees, and puts up a lirst-class article 
 of maple honey, which retails well in 
 the village. His farm of 300 acres, 
 with a 100 acre back lot, is located 
 one mile from the village, and contains 
 some 75 acres of the best meadow land 
 in town, lying on both sides of the 
 river. Grass is king although several 
 acres are usually in corn. The farm 
 buildings are commodious and pleas- 
 antly located. Mr. Parker is on the 
 alert for improvements and keeps 
 things moving on the old homestead. 
 He is a Congregationalist, and a Re- 
 publican in politics. Mr. Parker has 
 avoided rather than sought public 
 iiffice, but has served as supervisor and 
 is one of the town's representatives to 
 the General Court. 
 
 1*v 
 
 THE FARR family. 
 For nearly a century the name of 
 Farr has been familiar and prominent 
 in the annals of Littleton. John Farr 
 was a son of Noah, one of the half- 
 dozen brothers who came to Littleton 
 early in the century from Chesterfield, 
 N. H. He was live years deputy sher- 
 iff, where he obtained some knowledge 
 of letjal forms, and late in life read law, 
 and practiced with Charles W. Rand, 
 with William J. Bellows, and, later, 
 alone. He united good legal judgment 
 with sterling integri- 
 ty, and ; ;lministered 
 on manj estates. He 
 was thfc first presi- 
 dent of the Little- 
 ton National Bank, a 
 position which he 
 held for many years, 
 lie reared a family 
 of seven children, 
 gave them all good 
 educations, and died 
 in 1>!9'2 at the mature age of 82 years. 
 Of the four sons, two are living: John, 
 novs' of Orlando, Fla., and Charles A., 
 a former merchant of Littleton. 
 
 George Farr enlisted and was made 
 captain of Cor D., 13th New Hamp- 
 shire Volunteers, and was severely 
 wounded at the battle of Cold Harbor. 
 He returned to Littleton after nearly 
 three years service, and tor 21 years 
 was connected with the Oak Hill 
 
 GEORGE FARR. 
 
 House, where he died suddenly in 1895. 
 In 1886, Capt. Farr was commander of 
 the Department of New Hampshire, G. 
 A. R. 
 
 Maj.EvartsW. Farrwasborn in 1840. 
 He was educated at the Thetford Acad- 
 emy. At the age of 20 he enlisted, the 
 first volunteer from Littleton, and was 
 elected lieutenant and then captain of 
 his company, and lost an arm at Wil- 
 liamsburg. He was later commissioned 
 major in the 11th New Hampshire 
 Volunteers. After three years gallant 
 service he returned to Littleton, where 
 he won a high standing in the legal 
 profession, served as county solicitor, 
 as assessor of internal revenue, and in 
 the governor's council, was elected to 
 the 46th congress and re-elected from 
 the third district, but his brilliant 
 career was terminated by his early 
 death at the age of forty. 
 
 Charles A. Farr, the youngest son, 
 
 was born in 1.S48, . ^ 
 
 and was educated at 
 Kimball Union Acad- 
 emy. He clerked 
 several years in this 
 vicinity, and was in 
 trade in Littleton, 
 either by himself or 
 with partners, for 
 more than a score of 
 years until 1898. He 
 is now representing 
 the National Life Insurance Co., of 
 Montpelier, Vt., and the Manufactur- 
 ers' and Merchants' and German Fire 
 Insurance companies, of Pittsburg, Pa. 
 Mr. Farr is a genial and obliging gen- 
 tleman, and a loyal son of Littleton. 
 
 CHAS A. FARR. 
 
 1869 aiid made his first settlement at a 
 mission which he had organized at 
 South Kingston. After preaching two 
 years each at Candia, and Newfield, he 
 went to Old Orchard to recuperate his 
 wife's health, and there carried on gos- 
 pel work for three and a half years in 
 his own charge, meanwhile serving as 
 postmaster and conducting a printing 
 business. Two flourishing churches 
 have been formed from this field. Mr. 
 
 REV. J. B. Merrill 
 was born at Atkinson, N. H., in 1846. 
 Naturally ingenious, he picked up in 
 his boyhood a working knowledge of 
 the carpenter's trade, which he used as 
 a stepping stone to higher efforts. He 
 fitted for college at Atkinson Academy, 
 and later took lessons from a Harvard 
 tutor, and attended a summei- school at 
 Hebron under Prof. W. K. Harper, of 
 Chicago. He began liis work in the 
 Master's vineyard at the age of 19 in 
 the lowly fields of mission work in 
 Boston. He was ordained in May 
 
 Merrill was then engaged in evangels- 
 tic work in Maine, and filled pisturat s 
 at Hampton and Epsom, N. H. -Com- 
 ing to Littleton in 1S9I, lie f.iuiul a 
 fruitful field for his active energies. 
 He raised money to repair the clmrcli, 
 took charge of t'3e work, ra sed I lie 
 structure one story and )iut in a good 
 vestry with good steam heat and refur- 
 nisiied the audience room. Rev. .Mr. 
 Merrill married Salzena Merrill, of 
 Methuen, Mass., who passed away 
 last January, leaving two daughters, 
 Agnes and .Addie. 
 
 THE Littleton Courier 
 was founded in 1889 by Phincas R. 
 Goold and W. F. Andrus. It is largely 
 devoted to local interests, is mildly 
 Democratic in its political creed, an<l 
 in connection with cheap clubbing 
 rates has attained a circulation of about 
 2000. Mr. Goold is a native of the 
 town, an old time printer, and a very 
 familiar figure about the streets. He 
 is a son of Marquis L. Gould and was 
 born in 1^42. He liarned the printers' 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 trade of John 1!. Kodding in the oflice 
 of the old Haverhill Republican, and 
 suV)seqiiently worked as a journeyman 
 at Lebanon, Littleton, Newport, and at 
 Lynn, Mass. Since 1864 he has re- 
 sided continuously in this town, and 
 was *23 years connected with the post- 
 oilice either as clerk or postmaster, 
 having held the latter office 18 years. 
 Me became a resident of Littleton in 
 1862 and in '67 married Selvia Dan- 
 forth of Lisbon. In 1881, in company 
 with B. F. Robinson, Mr. Goold estab- 
 lished the Littleton Journal as a Re- 
 publican newspaper. It was located 
 in the post office building where Mr. 
 (tooM had already established a job 
 printing business. Mr. Goold has had 
 a very busy career and enjoys a very 
 wide personal acquaintance in this 
 section. 
 
 SOLON L. SIMONDS, POLICEMAN. 
 The subject of this sketch, by birth 
 and long residence, belongs to Little- 
 Ion, but his youth, early manhood and 
 military service are identified with 
 N'ermont. He was born in 1842. In 
 December, 1861, he enlisted in the 8th 
 Vermont Infantry, Col. Stephen Thom- 
 as, and was with that gallant regiment 
 during Butler's Louisiana campaign 
 and Bank's Red River expedition, and 
 was with Sheridan during the famous 
 Shenandoah campaign, being promoted 
 through every grade to orderly ser- 
 geant, and at Cedar Creek was in 
 charge of an advanced picket line, 
 which he brought back by a wide de- 
 tour, when almost surrounded. After 
 a re-enlistment. Sergeant Simonds was 
 honorably discharged after nearly four 
 years' service. He then bought a 
 farm and hotel at Lunenburg in cora- 
 ](any with his half brother, Lieut. 
 George A. Hill. In 1869 he conducted 
 a sash and blind business at Lisbon 
 seven years, and the same business 
 three years at Lancaster. After a tour 
 of observation of about six months at 
 Leadville and the Black Hills, Mr. 
 Simonds came to Littleton in October, 
 1S79, and engaged as a jiacker and 
 shipping clerk with Iia Parker in the 
 glove factory. His failliful services 
 were retained in tills cajiacity about 17 
 
 years. He had meanwiiile been in the 
 police force at Lisbon, Lancaster, and 
 Littleton, and last April was engaged 
 as chief of police of Littleton, and 
 janitor of the Town building, having 
 the sole care of public property to the 
 value of about $40,000. During his 
 police experience of about 16 years he 
 never received a blow, and never but 
 once gave one with his club, yet never 
 lost an arrested man. Mr. Simonds 
 has passed all of the stations and chairs 
 of Burns Lodge and attended 1'26 con- 
 secutive meetings always on time. He 
 is also a member of St. Gerard Com- 
 mandery. In politics he is a Republi- 
 can. He has one daughter, Mrs. J. L. 
 
 Oiithank, by a first marriage. In 1888 
 he married Mrs. Mary E. Hutchinson. 
 Mrs. Simonds keeps a choice and well 
 selected stock of millinery and fancy 
 goods in the Boylston block, and is 
 recognized as an experienced and artis- 
 tic trimmer. 
 
 SIMPSON'S Variety Store 
 is a domestic exposition. Here the 
 thrifty housewife can find any of the 
 thousand and one articles of con- 
 venience and necessity, that save time 
 and temper, and at prices that compel 
 another call. Simpson keeps almost 
 everything from a paper of pins to an 
 elegant china set. He has recently re- 
 turned from Boston with a full assort- 
 
 ment of household goods, and Christ- 
 mas specialties, which will soon gladen 
 many a home. He has had the aid of 
 his predecessor, Mr. C. J. Willey, in 
 the purchase of the goods, which are 
 mostly obtained at wholesale jobbers 
 prices, and will be sold accordingly. 
 In the store he is ably assisted by Mrs. 
 Carpenter, who is very familiar with 
 the trade. In so extensive and multi- 
 farious a stock it is impossible to par- 
 ticularize, but we will call special at- 
 tention to the five and ten-cent count- 
 ers, and to the handsome stock of plain, 
 fancy, and antique china. This is 
 headquarters for Santa Clans. Mr. 
 Simpson is widely and favorably known 
 to the traveling public as the former 
 popular station agent at Scott's. He 
 is a native of West Rumney, N. H., 
 where he learned telegraphy in his 
 father's store at ten j'ears of age. At 
 the age of 14 he became station agent 
 at West Rumney, the youngest station 
 agent in New England. He was in the 
 employ of the railroad companies 16 
 years in that capacity, and during that 
 time for five different corporations. 
 Mr. Simpson bought his present stock 
 of goods last April, and the Littleton 
 public have learned to appreciate his 
 prompt, genial, business like qualities. 
 
 WHITE MOUNTAIN PHARMACY. 
 This institution is the oldest drug 
 store in town, founded away back in 
 1831 bj' Mr. Hodgtnan. It has always 
 occupied a prominent place, was suc- 
 cessfully conducted many years by 
 liobinson Brothers, and is fully main- 
 taining its prestige and efficiency under 
 the skillful management of the present 
 proprietor, Mr. H. K. KenneJ^ It is 
 centrally located near the great hotels, 
 and the residences of the leading phy- 
 sicians, with whose offices it was the 
 first, and for a long time the only 
 drug store to be connected by tele- 
 phone. It is also the telephone ex- 
 change of the village. The premises, 
 25 by 125 feet, are handsomely fitted 
 up, and well stocked with a full line 
 of standard goods, which includes pure 
 drugs and chemicals, proprietary medi- 
 cines, candies, confectionery, cigars, 
 toilet articles ami fancy goods, with 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 an especially fine stock of perfumes. 
 The White Mountain Headache cure 
 and White Mountain Cough ('ure, both 
 compounded exclusively at this phar- 
 macy, are proving their merits. Mr. 
 Kenney is a native of Littleton, son of 
 L. C. Kenney and grandson of Gcr. 
 E. O. Kenney. His mother was Mar- 
 tha D., daughter of Col. Cyrus East- 
 man. Mr. Kenney was born in 1868, 
 and is a graduate of the Littleton High 
 School, and the Massachusetts College 
 of Pharmacy. In 1885 he entered the 
 drug store of F. B. Hatch & Co. as a 
 clerk, where he remained four years, 
 and later was in a drug store in Taun- 
 ton, Mass., two years. Mr. Kenney is 
 a registered pharmacist, both in New 
 Hampshire and Massachusetts. He 
 has an excellent social standing and is 
 a member of St. Gerard Commandery 
 and is also a 32d degree Mason. He 
 has recently completed a beautiful 
 residence on Pleasant street that com- 
 mands an expansive view of the White 
 Mountains. He married in 1895, Liz- 
 zie, daughter of R. W. Bailey of Lan- 
 caster. 
 
 Wells & Bingham. 
 
 FUNERAL UNDERTAKERS. 
 
 One of the oldest and most widely 
 and favorably known establishments 
 in this region is that of Wells it Bing- 
 ham. Devoting themselves exclusively 
 to their undertaking business they have 
 equipped their establishment with a 
 tine funeral car and undertaker's wagon 
 and every convenience pertaining to 
 their work. They strive to conduct 
 all occasions placed under their charge 
 in a gentlemanly and professional 
 manner. Capt. B. F.Wells is a native 
 of Sugar Hill, Lisbon, but for 25 years 
 has been a resident of Littleton. In 
 1861 he enlisted in Co. IL, 8th N. H. 
 IJegt., as a first lieutenant, and was 
 promoted to captain. The regiment 
 first saw active service under Gen. B. 
 F. Butler in the Louisiana campaign, 
 where, at George's Landing, Capt. 
 Wells was wounded. He re-enlisted 
 in the 1st N. H. heavy artillery, and 
 was for a time stationed in the defenses 
 at Washington, where he was again 
 promoted to be captain, and with his 
 
 company did valiant service in repell- 
 ing Early's raid upon the Capital. 
 He was honorably discharged witli his 
 regiment in September, 1865, and re- 
 turning to Lisbon engaged in the car- 
 riage business until 187H, when he 
 moved to Littleton. For 80 years he 
 has made undertaking a specialty. 
 When modern embalming was first 
 introduced Capt. Wells perfected him- 
 self in the art, which he has since suc- 
 cessfully practiced. He married Har- 
 riett S. Parker of Lisbon, and after 
 her death, Ellen M. McKean. He has 
 an excellent standing in every relation 
 of life. He is a member of Marshall 
 Sanders Post, G. A. R., and is treas- 
 urer of St. Gerard Commandery, K. T. 
 In 1891 Capt. Wells took as a partner 
 Mr. Charles F. Bingham. 
 
 Mr. Bingham is a native of Michigan 
 and came to Littleton in 1879 at the 
 age of 21 years. He was engaged in 
 newspaper work in Michigan and also 
 on the White Mountain Republic with 
 Mr. G. C. Furber. Realizing that the 
 undertaking business in the future 
 would demand much more of its oper- 
 ators and conductors than in the past 
 he immediately began to fit himself for 
 the general duties of this calling. He 
 is a graduate of the Massachusetts Col- 
 lege of Embalming and has had exper- 
 ience with some of the best embalmers 
 of Boston. Mr. Bingham's kindly 
 nature and genial personality eminently 
 
 fit him for this profession. He not 
 only stands well among his associates 
 but ranks high in ^Masonic relations, 
 being for two years Master of Burns 
 Lodge, ]•'. & A. M., was ]). 1). G. M. 
 of this Masonic jurisdiction, and is the 
 present Eminent Commander of St. 
 Gerard Commandery. He married, in 
 1884, Miss Hattie M. Quimby of White- 
 field, an accomplished musician and 
 instructor. 
 
 C. F. Nutting. 
 
 This great dry goods house is a mer- 
 cantile exposition. It occupies com- 
 modious and elegant quarters in Union 
 Block with about 6UU0 feet of floor 
 space, and carries a ?>20,000 stock ; in 
 fact, one of the finest and most varied 
 outside of the large cities, and six 
 clerks are kept actively at work. The 
 stock bears evidence of careful selec- 
 tion, is exceptionally desirable and 
 comprehensive, and "clean," in the 
 trade sense, being almost absolutely 
 free from old style or unpoimlar goods 
 of any kind. Mr. Nutting buys in 
 large (luantities, in connection with his 
 brother, an extensive merchant at 
 Brandon, Vt., securing practically job- 
 bers' prices, and offers his goods to his 
 customers as low as an equal quality can 
 be obtained anywhere in New England. 
 He calls special attention to liis varied 
 and handsome stock of carpets, drap- 
 eries, rugs and mattings, which are 
 shown on the second floor. The stock 
 of dry goods, dress goods and ladies' 
 garments on the first floor is too exten- 
 sive for enumeration, and must be seen 
 to be appreciated. 
 
 Mr. Nutting was born at Bakersfield, 
 and educated at the Bakersfield Acad- 
 emy. He enjoyed a valuable experi- 
 ence of seven years in the large mer- 
 cantile house of E. A. Thomas, at West 
 liandolph, Vt., and was two years with 
 his brother, W. D. Nutting, at Bran- 
 don, Vt. He married Miss Flora New- 
 ton, of Randolph, and Littleton became 
 their home in January, 1889. Mrs. 
 Nutting for several years assisted in 
 the store after his purchase from Dow 
 Brothers. 
 
 He has more than doubled the vol- 
 ume of his trade, which is now one of 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPtTBLlC- JOURNAL. 
 
 the largest in tlic state, in the face of 
 a close competition. Extendinti his 
 thani<s to tlie public for this lihcraj 
 patronage, he will strive earnestly to 
 deseive and receive a continuance of 
 the same. 
 
 W. W. BROWN, 
 Optician anil Jeweler. The "down 
 casters" have a national reputation as 
 early starters and good stayers, and 
 Mr. Brown is an excellent type of his 
 class. He was born in Bremen, Me., 
 in 1859. His grandfather and all his 
 uncles were seamen, and the dream of 
 his childhood was "a life on the ocean 
 wave," but a terrible experience during 
 a three days terrific gale, which strewed 
 the coast with wrecks and in which 
 his good ship barely weathered, deter- 
 mined young Brown to be a landsman. 
 At the age of 14 he left home and 
 went to Massachusetts to challenge 
 fortune. Alone and unaided, he took 
 the first chance that offered, learned 
 the trade of rattan-maker and followed 
 it most of the time for ten years, be- 
 coming a stockholder and director in a 
 corporation. Meanwhile, at the age of 
 IS, he began to employ spare time in 
 learning the watch-maker's trade, 
 which better suited his mechanical 
 taste. Some 14 years ago he deter- 
 mined to make this his life work, and 
 for the past dozen years has been en- 
 gaged in this work in the princi|ial 
 factories of New England, and thor- 
 ougldy familiarized himself with every 
 detail and feature ot watch-making. 
 He was employed several years as in- 
 spctor at the Waltham watch factory. 
 He attended all the optical schools in 
 Waltham, and received private instruc- 
 tion from a distinguished professor of 
 optholimics in that city, and for 
 the past three years he has taught 
 that branch at Waltham, done work 
 for the trade, and conducted optical 
 work. Owing to ill health there, Mr. 
 Brown sought a change of climate, and 
 commenced in Littleton last Aj)ril in 
 the Ilodgman store with a small but 
 well-Selected stock of watches and jew- 
 elry. His specialties are optical work 
 and fine repairing of watches, and he 
 enjoys an excellent and deserved pat- 
 ronage. 
 
 Ghorge C. FURBER. 
 
 Tiie editor of the country newspaper, 
 v.\u\e commenting on the actions of 
 others, is himself also amenable to crit- 
 icism. Mr. Furber will pass from un- 
 der this ban as unscathed as any one 
 who has so long been in the editorial 
 harness. He was born in Woodstock, 
 Vt., in 1847, and was educated in Can- 
 aan Union Academy and Eastman's 
 Business College. From 1870 to 1874 
 he was one of the editors of the AUe- 
 ghan County (Mich.) Democrat. In 
 1874 he came to Littleton as editor of 
 the White Mountain Republic, and two 
 years later married Hattie D., daughter 
 of Gen. G. P. Meserve. When Mr. 
 
 principal work since 1893 has been the 
 collection and compilation of facts for 
 the foitlicoming town history. 
 
 Furber took charge of the paper its list 
 was not more than 800, but during the 
 next sixteen years it was quadrupled. 
 The Kepublic was conservatively Dem- 
 ocratic, but took high ground in favor 
 of temperance and moral reform. In 
 1890 it was merged with the Journal 
 under its j)resent style of Beihtblic- 
 JouuNAi.. In isyi Mr. Furber, by 
 reason of impaired health, sold the 
 pa|)er to Willis II. Colby, but the next 
 yeai' became business manager of the 
 Concord People and Patriot. For a 
 dozen years or more he did valuable 
 service as recording and corresponding 
 secretary of the Littleton Musical As- 
 sociation. Since 1894 he has been an 
 active member of the board of educa- 
 tion of Union School District. His 
 
 NOAH Farr. 
 In the heart of the Ammonoosuc val- 
 ley, one mile below Littleton, is the 
 residence of Noah Farr. It was on 
 this farm that the first settlement was 
 made within the town limits, elsewhere 
 described. Mr. Farr was born on 
 Farr Hill, Littleton, in 1836, a son of 
 Gilman and Philena Allen Farr. When 
 18 years old, he moved with his fath- 
 er's family to this farm, which has 
 since been his home. He worked with 
 his father until 30 years of age, and 
 then, in company with his brother-in- 
 law, purchased the farm. Two years 
 later he bought out this interest, and 
 has since been sole proprietor of this 
 handsome 225-acre farm, of which .iC 
 acres is mowing and tillage, most of 
 this being Ammonoosuc meadow of 
 great fertility. Dairying is Mr. Farr's 
 specialty. He was for a time engaged 
 in retailing milk in the village, when 
 he kept as many as 30 cows. At pres- 
 ent he is selling cream to the White 
 Mountain Creamery, and has reduced 
 his number of cows. He also has a 
 number of fine horses. For the past 
 few years he has had a number of sum- 
 mer boarders, for which his hand- 
 some home is nicely equipped. He 
 has a new barn 47 by 90 feet, with en- 
 tire cellar. House, stable and base- 
 ment are all supplied with pure run- 
 ning water. There is also a shop which 
 probably contains the best equipment 
 of mechanical tools possessed by any 
 farmer in the state, and in which Mi-. 
 Farr spends much time both pleasantly 
 and profitably. This is one of the best 
 sets of farm buildings in the country. 
 Mr. Farr is an admirer of Ilolstein 
 stock, and was the first to introduce 
 this favorite milk producing breed in- 
 to Littleton, and by the purchase of a 
 fine l)looded bull has greatly improved 
 the stock of the neighborhood. He 
 married first Mary B. Griggs, of this 
 town, and after her death was united 
 to Sarah, daughter of Jedediah Farm- 
 er, of Bethlehem. Thej' have two sons, 
 Artiiur N., of West Milan, and Albert 
 L., living at home. Mr. FaiT is a man 
 
WHITK MOUNTAIN REPUBLlC-JOtJKNAL. 
 
 of grciit industry and iiiactical good 
 sense. lie has lor many years been 
 identified with the Grange, as treasurer 
 of both local and state bodies. He has 
 also been treasurer of the town school 
 district. He is a Republican, and in 
 religious faith a Congregationalist. 
 
 M. D. COBLEIGH 
 Comes of good, staunch Littleton stock. 
 His father was Ashbell W. and his 
 grandfather, for whom he was named, 
 was Marshall D. Cobleigh,a well-known 
 former merchant and deputy sheriff of 
 this town. His mother was Hannah, 
 mother of Rev. Hugh Montgomery, a 
 staunch temperance worker and preach- 
 er. A farmer bred boy, Mr. Cobleigh 
 soon decided that he could best fulfill 
 his misson of doing good by re-produc- 
 ing the luiman face divine. Accord- 
 ingly, in 1888 he commenced work in 
 the studio of George H. Aldrich, and 
 at his death purchased and has since 
 conducted the business. Mr. Cobleigh 
 is on the alert to appropriate and use 
 for his patrons all of the latest im- 
 provements in art. He is an accommo- 
 dating gentleman, and mixes a due 
 proportion of the milk of human kind- 
 
 ness with his chemicals, and usually 
 secures a comfortable and pleasant look 
 on the faces of his victims. Mr. Cob- 
 leigh has built up a thriving business, 
 and his collection evinces good 
 workmanship. He makes a specialty 
 of carbonette photographs. He has 
 
 taken an active interest in puV)lic af- 
 fairs, es[)ecially in tcm]>erance work. 
 He has been chairman of the board of 
 supervisors since 1894, and is in jioli- 
 tics a Republican. 
 
 Clough brothers. 
 
 Clough Brothers conduct the Cohas- 
 hauke Cafe, furnishing warm meals at 
 all hours. In the room under their 
 salesroom is the bakery where the 
 bread, pastry, and a thousand and one 
 goodies are made "just like mother 
 used to cook." They employ a skilled 
 cook, make home-made candies in the 
 winter and cater to balls and parties at 
 all times. They also keep canned 
 goods and light groceries, and as their 
 room is open later than the others this 
 is a real convenience to the public. 
 They strive to lighten the burdens of 
 housewives in warm weather, and sup- 
 ply daily about 180 loaves of bread. 
 Both Charles C. and Frank L. Clough 
 have been connected in the past with 
 the Republic-Jouuxal, and formerly 
 conducted the job department of that 
 establishmeut. They have been in the 
 bakeiy business since July, 1895. 
 
 Mrs. F. L. Clough conducts a milli- 
 nery business in the Snowden Build- 
 ing. She has had five years experi- 
 ence and is securing her share of 
 patronage by her good taste and 
 close attention to business. 
 
 HON. Edgar aldrich. 
 The bar of Littleton has been not- 
 able for nearly half a century, and 
 one of its ablest exponents is Judge 
 Edgar Aldrich. He is a native of 
 Pittsburg, born in 1848, the son of 
 Kphraim C. and Adeline Ilaynes 
 Aldrich. His academic training was 
 iil)tained at Colebrook Academy. 
 He entered upon the study of law 
 with Ira A. Ramsey of that town, 
 and graduated from the law depart- 
 ment of the University of Michi- 
 gan and was adtuitted to the bar 
 at Colebrook at the August term, ISOS. 
 He remained there in practice until 
 1881, when he located at Littleton, 
 where he has since resided. He was 
 solicitor of Coos county from October 
 10, 187-2, to June 4, 1S79, with the ex- 
 ception of the interim from '74 to '76. 
 
 He was a representative from Littleton 
 in 1SS.5, and speaker of the house. In 
 1891 he was numinated by President 
 Harrison to be judge of the district 
 court, on the unanimous recommenda- 
 tion of the bar, and has developed an 
 
 exceptiimal aptitude fur the duties of 
 his station. This is fully attested in 
 his frequent service in the important 
 litigation that finds what may be termed 
 the legal storm center in the L^nited 
 States court at Boston. Judge Aldrich 
 has long been recognized as a jtublic 
 speaker of unusual ability, and has de- 
 livered several notable addresses upon 
 special and anniversary occasions, on 
 legal and historical subjects. In 1891 
 he received the honorary degree of 
 Master of Arts from Dai tmouth Col- 
 lege. Judge Aldrich was united in 
 1872 to Louise M. Remiek. They have 
 two children : Florence M., a graduate 
 of Andover Academy, and Ephraim 
 Fred, a student in Dartmouth College. 
 
 BINGHAM, Mitchell & Batchellor 
 Constitute a legal triumvirate in which 
 each member contributes some peculiar 
 mental resource or aptitude, and the 
 firm is widely recognized as one of the 
 strongest of the New Hampshire bar. 
 Hon. Harry Bingham, the "grand old 
 man" of New Ham])shire, after 
 more than half a century of distin- 
 guislied practice, is now devolving the 
 more active labors upon his juniors, 
 who are well qualified to maintain the 
 prestige of the firm. 
 
 Hon. Harry Bingham was l)orn in 
 Concord, Vt., March 30, 18'J1, being 
 
WHITt: MOUNTAIN KEPUBLIC-JOUHNAL. 
 
 third son of Wancn aiitl I.iu'y Whei'l- 
 er Bingham, lie attended the publie 
 schools of his native town and tilted 
 for college at Lyndon, Vt., academy, 
 lie entered Dartmouth College at the 
 age of 18, and graduated with credit in 
 1843. He enjoyed the formative ex- 
 perience of teaching district schools^ be- 
 fore and during his college course. He 
 began reading law with Daniel Hib- 
 bard of Concord, continued with Geo- 
 Cahoon of Lyndon and completed with 
 Hon. Harry Hibbard of Bath, another 
 distinguished son of Concord. He was 
 admitted to the bar in the spring of 
 184(5, and the next fall settled in Little- 
 ton. His career during the past half a 
 century has been a mutual heritage of 
 renown to Vermont, his native state, 
 and Now Hampshire, the state of his 
 adoption. He was alone in ■ practice 
 until 18.')2, when he formed a partner- 
 ship with his younger brother, George 
 A. Bingham, afterwards twice a justice 
 of the supreme court of the state, 
 which continued for about 22 years. 
 
 HON. IIARKV lilNullAM. 
 
 Since that time Mr. Bingham has had 
 associated with him several young men 
 who have received their legal education 
 in his office. The piesent firm is Bing- 
 ham, Mitchell it Batchellor, the junior 
 partners being W. H. Mitchell and A. 
 S. Batchellor, both able lawyers in 
 their several spheres. Space forbids 
 mention here of any of the important 
 cases of both civil and criminal prac- 
 tice in which Mr. Bingham has been 
 engaged. In brief it may be said that 
 
 he has been connected usually in the 
 defense with all the capital cases tried 
 in Nortlierii New Hampshire during 
 his professional career, and his services 
 and counsel have been sought in Ver- 
 monlin the federal courts. Mr.Bingham 
 has always been an uncompromising 
 Democrat. He first represented Little- 
 ton in 18t)l, and soon became the un- 
 questioned leader of his party on the 
 tloor of the house, a position which he 
 has steadily held during his legislative 
 experience of sixteen terms in the low- 
 er house, and two terms in the senate. 
 He was the nominee of his party for 
 congress in 1865 and in 1867. In 1870- 
 72-79-83-85-87 and 89 he was the 
 choice of the Democracy for United 
 States senator, a position for which his 
 strong mental endorsement and ripe 
 scholarship eminently fitted him. He 
 was nominated by Gov. Weston i n 
 1874 for chief justice, but certain cor- 
 porate influences prevented his con- 
 firmation by the council. He has re- 
 presented his state in National Demo- 
 cratic conventions for more than 25 
 years. In the last campaign he sup- 
 ported Palmer and Buckner and was 
 chairman of the convention to ratify 
 their nomination. He has, notwith- 
 standing the exacting duties of his pro- 
 fession, been a wide and judicious 
 reader. This habit with a capacious 
 memory has made him a man of exten- 
 sive information and mature culture, 
 with liberal and philosophic views. ■ 
 
 Hon. W. H. Mitchell needs no card 
 of introduction to the people of North- 
 ern New Hampshire. He is one of the 
 half a score of Vermonters who have 
 found a congenial field of legal effort 
 in Littleton. He was born in Wheel- 
 ock, Vt., in 1856. His academic train- 
 ing was obtained principally at Derby, 
 Vt, academy and the Littleton High 
 School. He began reading law with 
 Hon. Harry Bingham in 1877 a n d 
 three years later was admitted to the 
 bar and became a member of the firm. 
 As a lawyer Mr. Mitchell has risen to 
 the level of his rare opportunities and 
 has contributed his full (juota to the 
 success of the firm. He has shown ex- 
 cellent judgment in the application of 
 legal principles to special cases and 
 conscientious thoroughness and abilitv 
 
 in preparaing cases for trial. This 
 characteristic was especially marked 
 in liis very at-ceptable service as Coun- 
 ty Solicitor. Since 1888 he has served 
 as a trustee of the State Normal 
 school. For many years he has been 
 the efficient chairman of the school 
 board. His interest in educational af- 
 airs expressed itself in the New Hamp- 
 shire Senate bv the introduction of the 
 
 HON. WILLIAM H. MITCHELL 
 
 bill for free books which was enacted 
 largely by his efforts. He there did 
 yeoman service for the Normal School 
 and the Soldier's Home. Mr. Mitchell 
 married Delia, daughter of Hon. Ed- 
 ward F. Bingham, and their beautiful 
 home is on South street. 
 
 The natural ancestry of Hon. Albert 
 Stillman Batchellor can be traced to 
 Thomas and Mary Allerton Cushman, 
 of the Mayflower, and there were sev- 
 eral representatives of the family in 
 the llevolutionary army. His mother 
 was Mary Jane Smith, of Bennington, 
 Vt., and his father Stillman Batchellor, 
 a soldier of 1812 and a life-long resi- 
 dent of Bethlehem and Littleton. The 
 subject of our sketch was born in Beth- 
 lehem in 1850, the youngest of eight 
 children. His father died while he 
 was but a child, leaving the family to 
 wrest a subsistence from the stubborn 
 soil of a Bethlehem farm. Mr. Batch- 
 ellor inherited an active, buoyant tem- 
 perament, and an insatiable love of 
 learning, and bent every energy to the 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC-JOURNAL. 
 
 attainment of a liberal education, lie 
 graduated from Dartmoutli College 
 with credit in the class of IST'i, and 
 immediately entered the law office of 
 Hon. Harry Bingham ; was admitted to 
 tlie bar of Grafton county in 1S75, and 
 soon became a member of the present 
 well-known firm. More than twenty 
 years association with Mr. Bingham, 
 as pupil and partner, is a voucher for 
 a good lawj'er, and Mr. Batchellor has 
 never discredited his credentials. lie 
 possesses a quick, sure grasp of the 
 salient points of law and evidence, to- 
 gether with a (juaint humor and ready 
 repartee which at once illustrates and 
 brightens the tedious details of the 
 dullest case. As a result of natural 
 aptitude, superior training, a large ex- 
 perience and an abundance of strong 
 common sense, Mr. Batchellor stands 
 today among the leading lawyers of 
 northern New Hampshire. In politics 
 he has achieved an enviable reputation 
 and ranks with the younger leaders of 
 the Democratic party in the state, and 
 has modestly and worthily borne a lib- 
 
 HON. A. S. BATCHELLOR. 
 
 eral share of such honors as the party 
 has had to bestow. He was county 
 solicitor two years ; represented Little- 
 ton in the legislature three terms ; was 
 a member of the governor's council in 
 1887-8, and was for several years an 
 able member of the board of trustees 
 of the state library, which he recently 
 resigned. In local offices he has ably 
 
 and faithfully discharged his <luties, 
 and his influence has been felt in edu- 
 cational matters in this town, and as an 
 active alumnus of Dartmouth College. 
 Notwithstanding the great demands of 
 his professional and public life, he has 
 devoted much time to literary pursuits, 
 becoming especially interested and well 
 versed in the early history of the town 
 and state. He has served Burns Lodge 
 as W. M., has been D. D. G. M. of the 
 Masonic district, is a Knight Templar 
 and has attained the .32d degree, A. S. 
 R. Withal, he is one of the most so- 
 ciable and companionable of men. In 
 1880 he married Miss Harriett A. Cope- 
 land, and their hearth is shared and 
 brightened by two sons and a daughter. 
 
 \ipon the sluiiiji in successive cam- 
 paigns have l)een highly appreciated. 
 He marrieil .Miss Mary S. Pendleton of 
 
 HON. James w. Remick. 
 Hon. J. W. Remick is a son of L. 
 R. and Sophia Cushman Remick. His 
 father was widely known as a land- 
 lord. The Cushmans of Caledonia 
 County, were endowed with strong 
 mentality and several of Mr. Remick's 
 uncles won distinction at the bar. J. 
 W. Remick was educated in the com- 
 mon schools, and at nineteen years of 
 age began the study of law under B.F. 
 Chapman, of Clockville, N. Y. Later 
 he was a student in the office of Aid- 
 rich & Parsons, at Colebrook, and fo 
 Bingham & Aldrich, at Littleton. He 
 graduated from the Michigan Univer- 
 sity law school in lSS-2, and was soon 
 admitted to the bar at Concord, N. IL 
 He was two years in practice in Cole- 
 brook, and subsequently in the employ 
 of Aldrich & Remich at Littleton. In 
 1886 he formed a partnership with 
 Hon. Ossian Ray, of Lancaster, and 
 opened an office for the firm at Little- 
 ton. In 1890, at the age of thirty, he 
 was appointed United States district 
 attorney for New Hampshire, the 
 youngest incumbent of that position in 
 the history of the state. Mr. IJeniick 
 has won the respect of his associates, 
 a7id shown himself a thorough student, 
 a judicious counsellor, and an eloquent 
 advocate. A man of literary tastes, lie 
 is an omniscient reader, and has won 
 an enviable reputation on the lecture 
 platform. Mr. Remick is an able ex- 
 ponent of the principles and policies of 
 the Republican party, and his efforts 
 
 
 Hartford, Conn., in 1888 and they have 
 a little daughter, Gladys, six years of 
 age. 
 
 HON. Daniel C. Remich. 
 
 Daniel C. Remich is one of the most 
 aggressive and original characters on 
 the recent stage of public life in Little- 
 ton and hasfigured soprominentlj'inre- 
 cent public movements, that an extend- 
 ed sketch of his career is hardly nec- 
 essary. He was born in Ilardwick, 
 Vt., in 18.52. His earlier educational 
 advantages were limited, and for near- 
 ly four years after he was eighteen 
 years of age he worked in the cotton 
 mills at Lawrence, Mass. In 1875 he 
 began to read law in the office of Edgar 
 Aldrich, in Colebrook, and continued 
 liis studies in the offices of Aldrich and 
 Parsons, and of J. II. Dudley, in that 
 town. He graduated from the law 
 sciiool o f Michigan University i n 
 March, 1878, and the following April 
 was admitted to the Coos bar. After 
 about four years practice at Colebrook 
 as a member of the firm of Dudley & 
 Remick, he came to Littleton as the 
 junior member of the firm of Bingjiam, 
 Aldrich «fc Remich. In February, 1879, 
 Mr. Remich married Miss Belle Lover- 
 in of Colebrook, and after her death he 
 married Lizzie M., daughter of B. W. 
 Kilburn. The strong characteristics of 
 D. C. Remich of strong common sense 
 and indomitable courage and energy 
 have been manifested in every field of' 
 effort he has entered. During the past 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 lialf dozen years he has very largely 
 withdrawn from aelive legal practice, 
 ami devoted his attention to the stere- 
 oscopic view business, and the care of 
 real estate interests in town. lie is 
 most widely known in connection with 
 
 tile iiiforcement of the priihiliitorj' law 
 and his able efforts in 1894, as a mem- 
 ber of the legislature, to secure more 
 stringent temperance legislation. His 
 name is also identified with several im- 
 portant puV)lic enterprises, notably 
 with the adoption of a system of street 
 improvements, which he championed 
 in the face of the most <letermined op- 
 position. 
 
 HARRY M. MORSE, ESQ., 
 .Mlhough a recent resident, is not un- 
 known to the people of Littleton. He 
 offers as a hostage of his loyalty and 
 good conduct, the fact that he married 
 a Littleton girl, Helen, daughter of 
 Jolin N. Oakes. Mr. Morse was born 
 in Haverhill in 1859, son of John F. 
 and Susan Johnson IVIorse. His boy- 
 hood was spent upon the farm and in 
 attendance on the common schools of 
 Haverhill and Lisbon. His law stud- 
 ies, after one year with John L. P'osfer, 
 were completed by two years with the 
 late Judge Edward D. Kand, of Lisbon. 
 He was admitted to the bar in ISSO, 
 and soon after formed a partnership 
 with Judge Rand which continued till 
 the latter's death in 1885, when Mr. 
 Morse succeeded to the law business 
 of the firm. In 1881 he formed a jiart- 
 
 nershi]! with (Jeorge F. Morris, and a 
 year later sold his interest to the latter. 
 In 1895 he visited California on a tour 
 of observation, and remained until last 
 Maj'. He has opened an office in Op- 
 era Block, and will now resume the 
 active practice of his profession. Mr. 
 Morse is a genial, companionable gen- 
 tleman, a devoted and intelligent stud- 
 ent of literature, with good natural 
 gifts. He is a lover of out-door exer- 
 cise, an excellent horseman and a good 
 judge of horses. In politics a stalwart 
 l^epnblican, he has given active and 
 valuable service to his party, but has 
 never sought nor accepted the rewards 
 of oHicial life. 
 
 THE BELLOWS FAMILY. 
 For nearly three quarters of a centu- 
 ry the name of Bellows has been prom- 
 inently and honorably associated with 
 the hg;il, mercantile, manufacturing 
 and public interests of Littleton. Judge 
 Henry A. Bellows was the most dis- 
 tinguished member of the earlier bar 
 of Littleton until his removal in 1850 
 to the wider field of Concord, where 
 he was soon appointed to the bench 
 and eventually became chief justice. 
 William Joseph Bellows was born July 
 3, 1817, in the town of Rockingham, 
 "N't., on his father's farm on the Connec- 
 ticut river. He has a vivid recollec- 
 tion of the burning of his father's four 
 large barns, which were struck by 
 lightning, when filled with the bounte- 
 ous crops of the 400-acre farm, a mem- 
 ory impressed still more deeply by the 
 great pecuniary loss and especially from 
 the fact that his father then received 
 injuries which resulted in his early 
 death. In 1831, as a youth of fourteen, 
 he came to Littleton, where he resided 
 about a year with his brother, Hon. 
 Henry A. Bellows, when he went to 
 Springfield, Vt., as a clerk, and in 1834 
 went to Boston, before he was twenty 
 years old becoming head salesman in 
 the large wholesale house of Blanchard 
 & Blodgett at a salary of SlflOO a year. 
 After several years of valuable experi- 
 ence and extensive acquaintance, he 
 returned in 1841 to Littleton, which 
 has since been his home. He immedi- 
 ately began the study of law with his 
 
 brother, and was admitted to the bar 
 i>f (irafton ci>unty in 1844. lie then 
 entered into partnership with his broth- 
 er, which was continued with a very 
 large ])ractice until the latter moved 
 to Concord in 1850. He was married 
 in 1847 to Caroline I., daughter of 
 Sani]ison Bullard, of Concord. After 
 his brother's removal, he continued in 
 practice alone until the late Hon. John 
 Farr, a student in his office, became a 
 law partner and remained until 1860. 
 Mr. Bellows continucMl in practice sev- 
 eral years longer, though much of his 
 time was absorbed by other important 
 undertakings. In 1861 he became 
 owner and editor of the People's Jour- 
 nal which, during the Rebellion, was 
 uncompromisingly devoted to the en- 
 couragement of patriotism and the sup- 
 port of the administration. He was 
 appointed postmaster of Littleton in 
 1861, unsolicited on his part, a position 
 which he held seven years. He has 
 been identified as a director, clerk or 
 president of several mining companies, 
 all at one time important enterprises. 
 
 William J. Bellows. 
 lie lias served in the State militia on 
 tlie staff of Gen. (Tuernsey, with the 
 rank of major. He was largely in- 
 strumental in ])ronioting the giowth of 
 Littleton by a fortunate pureliase of 50 
 acres of land, then unoccupied but now 
 containing a large number of fine resi- 
 dences and the Littletun Hitili ScIkkiI 
 
WHITE MOUNTAIN REPUBLIC- JOURNAL. 
 
 Imilding, many of which were erected 
 by himself and ]iartners. He was a 
 member of the school board eleven 
 years, its president eight years, and 
 while the location of the school build- 
 ing was under consideration, with a 
 l>rospect of delay, he purchased the 60 
 acres off-hand and deeded the desired 
 site to the committee. About 186.5 he 
 became a partner with W. W. How- 
 Land and Henry L. Tilton in the lum- 
 ber business at .\pthnrp, and Victory, 
 \'t. In 1868 he became a mercantile 
 partner with Henry L. Tilton and 
 Charles W. Brackett, under the firm 
 title of H. L. Tilton & Co. They con- 
 ducted very extensive operations in ad- 
 dition to a large mercantile business, 
 and among other things acquired and 
 sold a tract of timber-land of about 
 23,000 acres in tlie vicinity of the White 
 Mountains. From 1870 to 1878 the 
 style of the firm was liellows, Brackett 
 it Co. On the dissolution of the latter 
 firm, Mr. Bellows, in conned ion with 
 his son, William H., established their 
 |)resent meicantile house of Bellows 
 & Son, which is one of the most wide- 
 
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 ly known and successful mercantile 
 enterprises in this section. It is, in 
 fact, a department store, the principal 
 features being men's clothing and fur- 
 nishings, and house furnishings. It is 
 also headquarters for carpets and the 
 sale of standard bicycles. 
 
 The junior partner of Bellows & 
 Son, William H. Bellows, for the last 
 twelve years has been the active man- 
 
 ager of the firm's business. He is a 
 director in the Littleton National and 
 Savings Banks, has been many years a 
 member of the school board of educa- 
 tion and of the Littleton board of 
 trade. He is also a member of Burns 
 Lodge, A. F. and A. M., No. 66, and 
 Saint Gerard Conunandery, Knight 
 Templars, and is a 3"2d degree Mason, 
 A. A. S. Rite, N. M. J., holding the of- 
 fice of M. E. Senior Grand Warden of 
 Washington Council Princes of Jeru- 
 salem, of this town. He was elected a 
 representative from this town to the 
 New Hampshire legislature of 1897-8, 
 and was appointed chairman of the 
 committee on banks. 
 
 In 1883, William H. and George S. 
 Bellows acquired the stereoscopic view 
 business which was established by F. 
 G. Weller, and have carried on the 
 same extensively under the style of the 
 Littleton View Co., George S. Bellows 
 being the manager. 
 
 Mr. Bellows and his sons are thor- 
 oughly identified and actively interest- 
 ed in all helpful public enteiprises, and 
 are universally esteemed and respected 
 by the community. 
 
 with all the modern improvements 
 wiiich are expected in a first-class ho- 
 tel. Frank Thayer, with the advan- 
 tages of heredity and environment, and 
 with twenty years experience, is fully 
 
 THAYER'S Hotel. 
 
 There is probably no other hosteli y in 
 northern New H mpshire whose fame 
 is so widely established with two gen- 
 erations of the traveling public as 
 Thayer's Hotel. The hotel was erect- 
 ed and the business established nearly 
 half a century ago by Henry L. Thayer, 
 who came here as an active young man 
 from Danville, Vt. 3Ir. Thayer was 
 an attractive and original character, an 
 ideal landlord of the old school, of such 
 kindly and paternal manners that he 
 was familiarly called " Dad," and his 
 personality and that of his amiable wife 
 were potent factors in making Littleton 
 the Mecca for thousands of tourists 
 and travelers. He represented the 
 town in the assembly. The manage- 
 ment of the hotel has been liberal and 
 progressive, readily adapting itself to 
 the changing sentiments and conditions 
 of modern life, yet always maintaining 
 the early home-like cordiality and hos- 
 pitality which anticipates every want. 
 The hotel has been repeatedly re-fur- 
 nished and repaired, and is provided 
 
 maintaining the prestige and traditions 
 of this famous hostelry. He is ably 
 assisted by the popular clerk, Charlie 
 Andrus, and a well-trained corps of 
 waiters. The bill of fare is seasonable 
 and well selected, the cuisine is of high 
 and uniftirm excellence, and the table 
 service attentive and accurate. The 
 hotel is centrally located on Main 
 street, fronted by handsome residences 
 and expansive lawfts, and commands a 
 beautiful view of the Ammonoosuc val- 
 ley and the mountains from many of 
 its seventy-five guest rooms. A well- 
 kept livery, barber's saloon and prin<i- 
 pal stores in town are within elbow 
 touch of the guests. Very few travel- 
 ers enter the gateway of the White 
 Mountains without spending some time 
 at Thayer's Hotel, and it has been a 
 factor in establishing the prosperity of 
 Littleton. 
 
 THE LITTLETON HOUSE. 
 This hotel is one of the familiar land 
 marks of the town, is owned by Hon. 
 D. 0. Reinich, and conducted by Mr. 
 and Mrs. J. W. Gray. It contains "27 
 rooms, is centrally located, and re- 
 ceives a handsome local patronat;e of a 
 score or more of regular guesis. While 
 not aspiring to the pretence of being a 
 first-class hotel, it is a quiet, home 
 like, well kept house, with an excellent 
 bill of fare, and good room and table 
 service. The prices are so reasonable 
 
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 and tlu' soivico so uniformly satisfac- 
 tory, that it receives a considerable 
 transient i)atronage. ]\[rs. <Tray, nee 
 p]niily Betlell, of Jefferson, lias the 
 nianatcemcnt of the Littleton House, 
 and is a pleasant landlady. Mr. Gray 
 is a native of Jefferson, a veteran of 
 the late civil war, and a member of the 
 14th New Hampshire regiment. Tie 
 enlisted in August ISttl, took part in 
 the Banks Louisiana campaign, and 
 was with Sheridan in the valley and in 
 (.leorgia campaign. He was four times 
 wounded, but never entered the hospi- 
 tal and was honorably discharged after 
 more than three years of faithful ser- 
 
 and six regular freights. I'nlikc many 
 ])assenger stations, it outlooks tidy 
 homes, elegant residences and well-ke|it 
 lawns. Both the passenger and freight 
 depots are handsome and well equipped 
 and Depot Master F. E. Wadleigh 
 keeps everything in apple pie order. 
 He is ably assisted by R. H. Harris, 
 freight clerk ; George P. Gonyer, bag- 
 gage master ; a messenger boy ; and a 
 spare hand during the summer season, 
 while Mrs. Wadleigh assists in the tel- 
 egraphing and other routine work of 
 the office. The business of the station 
 is very extensive, the receipts being 
 from $70,000 to $75,000 a year. 
 
 \t. His father. B. F. Wadleigh, was 
 a highly respected citizen, a represent- 
 ative, aTid for many years prior to his 
 death, town clerk. His mother, nee 
 Elvira Chase, a descendent of one of 
 the oldest fanulies, is a cai)able ami es- 
 teemed lady, and still discharges the 
 duties of town clerk. Eugene began 
 to learn telegraphy at West Concord 
 with Hon. S. E. Grout, and was then 
 operator at Wing Road about a year 
 and a half. After pursuing a course 
 at the Foughkeepsie Business College, 
 and some months practice at the Lit- 
 tleton station, he went to Bethleiicm 
 Junction as operator and remained 
 
 vice. He is a carpenter and joiner by 
 trade and for about ten years has been 
 continuously in the employ of Hon. 
 D. C. Kemi( h. Mrs. Gray is assisted 
 in tlie matiagcmcnt of the hotel by her 
 daugiiter, Mrs. \Varren Gregorj'. Mrs. 
 Gray is social, active and thorough- 
 ly conversant with all the details of 
 hotel management. 
 
 yHE STATION. 
 
 Littleton station is one of the most 
 important ])oints this side of Concord, 
 and especially during the summer sea- 
 son is a scene of bustling activity with 
 its fourteen well-filled passenger trains 
 
 THE LITTLETON STATION. 
 
 F. Eugene wadleigh. 
 The position of depot master is one 
 of the most respon- 
 sible and exacting. 
 I This official must 
 
 I^L^ needs be careful, 
 
 jHHp methodical, alert, 
 
 ^^ agreeable, self-pos- 
 
 sessed and absolute- 
 ly lionest, <|ualities 
 which will win suc- 
 cess in any busi- 
 ness career. A 
 long accpiaintaince with the subject of 
 this sketch justilies the statement that 
 Eugene Wadleigh possesses these qual- 
 ities. He is a native of West Concord, 
 
 there five years. He then^iilled the 
 position of ticket agent and freight 
 clerk at Plymouth two years and a 
 half, and in May, 1S91, was promoted 
 to his jiresent responsible ])osition. It 
 is evident that the management of the 
 road are aware that "the best goods are 
 sometimes jjut up in small jiackages." 
 Jn May, 1S91, :\Ir. Wadleigh married 
 Miss Lillian May Adams, who is well 
 known as the genial and accomplished 
 o])erator. Mr. Wadleigh has (diarge 
 of both the passenger station and the 
 freight otiicc, and is one of the busiest 
 men in town, especially so in the sum- 
 mer, when his duties keep him from 
 early morninij; till near midnight. 
 

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